We hear too much in history about wars and conflicts and too little about the co-operation and mutual influences between various peoples and their civilizations. This is particularly unfortunate in the sphere of religion, where the spirit of rivalry too often prevails over the spirit of good-will and understanding. The history of the relations between the two great faiths of Christianity and Islam has been so much befogged by hostility that we are apt to forget how much they have in common, and how often in the past the one has had a useful effect on the other.
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