Note 27 — CHRISTIANITY AND CIVILIZATION

Hall Caine, explaining the title of his book, The Eternal City, expressed himself as follows: “In the new methods of settling international disputes, the old mother of the Pagan and the Christian worlds will have her rightful rank.... Her religious and historical interest, her artistic charm, above all the mystery of eternal life seem to point to Rome as the seat of the great court of appeal which the future will see established.”