Excerpt from An Answer to Bernhardi Moreover, He must have a purpose and an end towards which human history in all its myriad paths is con verging, and in the service of which all men and all nations alike find their only true destiny. If God lives, then it is absolutely clear that the greatness of any nation can lie only in the manner in which it has con tributed to the attainment of His purpose. Things are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be. Why, then, should we seek to be deceived Everything turns, therefore, on how we must conceive of that purpose and end. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.