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: John E. Powers was a highly influential American copywriter. The world's first full-time copywriter,:53 he worked for the department stores Lord & Taylor and Wanamaker's before becoming a freelancer in 1886.
