According to the law of nature, wherever there is an awakening of a new and stronger life, there it tries to conquer and take the place of the old and the decaying. Nature favours the dying out of the unfit and the survival of the fittest. The final result of such conflict between the priestly and the other classes has been mentioned already. β¨ Swami Vivekananda (2015). The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, p.1844, Manonmani Publishers
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