36 FOOTFALLS OF INDIAN HISTORY
of the ages in which we Hve. And here was demonstrated the great law that will be expressed again and again in history, whenever the glory of India rises to one of it's supreme moments, the law of the antithesis between city and university, between samaj and religious orders, between the life of affairs and the life of thought. Antithetic as they are, however, these are nevertheless comple- mentary. Spirituality brings glory in its train. The monastic life reacts to make civic strength.
