and in this it remains true representative of primitive
religion, of the simple feelings which persist, their
interpretation being restated with man's progress in
knowledge. Shinto will survive -- not in its dates,
nor its genealogies, nor its theory of the descent of its
sovereign from Ame-terasu-no-Mikoto, nor in its
legends and cosmology, but in the affections of the
people, their trust in the national powers and destiny,
and their confidence that there is a something more
than their present strength and wisdom which directs
and aids and on which they may rely. The "some-
thing more" may receive new names, but the faith will
abide while Japan works out a future greater and
more glorious than the fabled Age of the Gods.

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