One story of the life of Abraham which has been the source of great argument in the East is the sacrifice of Isaac. It is not only an argument in the East, but also alarming to a western mind. They can put a thousand questions to give a proper reason and justification to such an act. But at the same time. if we looked from the ideal point-of-view, no sacrifice for a beloved ideal can be too great. There are numberless souls whose dear ones, their beloved mates, husbands, or sons, have been sacrificed in this recent war. They could do nothing else; they had to surrender their will to the ideal of the nation and offer the sacrifice for the cause of the nation, without thinking for one moment that it was unusual.