If the ninth mystery of Sacrifice, on its loftiest grade, transforms man into a master of compassion, the tenth mystery makes of him a master of wisdom.
Sorrow may be effectively valuable only by “feeling” it collectively and “understanding” individually.
All these expressions of sorrow so far enumerated and heightened by so subtle Sacrifice both in their inner manifestation and in their outer one, do not impede at all to consider the grossest and most material sufferings and sacrifices.
Then sorrow is a companion of all men in every aspect and form. Mental forces are continuously hindered and oppressed by physical deficiencies and diseases. A physician said Mankind is sick, and he was right, since no man is free of suffering from certain type of evil.
Ineffable happiness is the achievement of the potential state, and pain is the achievement of the active state.
In short, life manifests in its whole splendor through suffering. It overwhelms not only human beings with moral martyrdom, physical pain and hidden sorrow, but also pursues men in any form and way.
Here is the greatest weight, the heaviest burden of Mankind: moral stigmas of individuals. It is frightful to see in a child a fierce and murderous instinct that tomorrow will lead him to kill and destruct his fellow men.
Here we have attained the last mystery, the solemnest shadow, the Sacrifice that none can avoid. Because who can defeat old age and death?
A poor human being sadly sees how years flee from their hands and how rapidly, despite his own efforts, he could achieve very few illusions forged in his youth; or, at most, when he starts enjoying the fruit of his work, his memory already declines, his senses grow weak and infirmities of old age impede him to enjoy mentally the victory.