156 TheSpiritual Life.
Thus this Unity is the foundation of our
brotherhood,as Brotherhood is the word that
includes allour ethics. Foritisin the lawof
Lovethatalltrueconducthasitsroot. Aslong
asexternallawisneeded,thatlawisthemeasure
of our imperfection; it is only when no law
is wanted, when the nature expressing itself
spontaneouslyis one with the divine law,itis
onlythenthathumanityisperfectedandhberty
andlawbecomeoneforevermore.
Here again is the sanction of right ethics,
found in this fact of brotherhood everywhere
discoverable in nature. All our European
Worlddiscussingethicalsystemsto-day,isaskmg
for some categorical imperative which shall
announce dutyand rightto man. Takewhat
systems you will in our German Schools of
Philosophy,thesystemof KantinGermanyor
anyofthemanyschoolsofethicsbeinggradually
built by our English-speaking people-every-
whereyou will find the question propounded,
Whatisthe Imperative? WhatistheOught?
What is the Thou Shalt, which is to be the
trainingin humanlife?
"It is not possible," saysome schools,and
you may find this expressed very clearly and
wellinoneofthewell-knownbooksofProfessor
SedgwickindealingwiththequestionofOught
