"The Japanese, the Jews, the Hindus and other peoples possess that treasure that has permitted them to confront the perils of history without disappearing. It is their misfortune that the majority of Europeans, and especially the French, are so impregnated with universalism that this treasure is lacking"This perhaps explains his "S[o] we lack an ancestral religion" in the note. He succumbed to despair, but I don't find it in my heart to accuse him.
Don’t blame him in that.