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InthegreatSemitictrialofthisissue, Jobtakesrefugeinsilenceandsubmission; theIndianandtheGreek, lesswiseperhaps, , theGreeksinventedTheodicies; whiletheIndiansdevisedwhat, initsultimateform, , althoughBuddhismrecognizesgodsmanyandlordsmany, theyareproductsofthecosmicprocess; andtransitory, howeverlongenduring,, whateveritsorigin, BrahminicalandBuddhistspeculationfound, readytohand[4]; ifgriefandevilfall, liketherain, uponboththejustandtheunjust; itisbecause, liketherain,theyarelinksintheendlesschainofnaturalcausationbywhichpast, present, andfutureareindissolublyconnected; ; ifnotinthislife, , therefore, thealgebraicalsumofaccumulatedpositiveandnegativedeserts; or, rather, "hanginggale;" aperiodofcelestialhappinessjustearnedmightbesucceededbyagesoftormentinahideousnetherworld, thebalancestilloverdueforsomeremoteancestralerror.[5]

Whetherthecosmicprocesslooksanymoremoralthanatfirst, aftersuchavindication, ; , thatoftransmigrationhasitsrootsintheworldofreality; anditmayclaimsuchsupportasthegreatargumentfromanalogyiscapableofsupplying.