Biography Draycott, Gladys M: Mahomet - Founder of Islam. V1. 16-Jun-2012

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Gladys M. Draycott

The book was published in 1916, according to Internet Archive it is not in copyright. I could not find any details about the author.

Excerpt:
The impetus that gave victory to Islam is spent. Since its material prosperity overwhelmed its spiritual ascendancy in the first years of triumph its vitality has waned under the stress of riches, then beneath lassitude and the slow decrease of power. The Prophet Mahomet is at once the glory and bane of his people, the source of their strength and the mainspring of their weakness. He represents more effectively than any other religious teacher the sum of his followers’ spiritual and worldly ideas. His position in religion and philosophy is substantially the position of all his followers; none have progressed beyond the primary thesis he gave to the Arabian world at the close of his career.
He closes a long line of semi-divine teachers and monitors. After him the curtains of heaven close, and its glory is veiled from men’s eyes. He is the last great man who imposed enthusiasm for an idea upon countless numbers of his fellow-creatures, so that whole tribes fought and died at his bidding, and at the command of God through him. Now that the vital history of Islam has been written, some decision as to the position and achievements of its founder may be formulated.

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