THE RENAISSANCE IN INDIA
have only recently begun to be seenin Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence. She saw the myriad gods beyond man, God beyond the gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity ; she saw that there were ranges oflife beyond our life, ranges of mind beyond our present mind and above these she saw the splendours of the spirit. Then with that calm audacity of her intuition which knew no fear or littleness and shrank from no act whether of spiritua or in-tellectual, ethical or vital courage, she declared that there was none of these things which man could not attain if he trained his will and knowledge ; he could conquer these ranges of mind, become the spirit, become a god, become one with God, become the ineffable Brabman. And with the logical practicality and sense of science and organised method which distinguished her mentality, she set forth immediately to find out the way. Hence from long ages of this insight and
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