A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
Bio: Christopher Lehmann-Haupt was an American journalist, critic and novelist. He began as an editor for various New York City publishing houses, among them Holt, Rinehart and Winston and The Dial Press.
