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evil ; that lie shall leave off fighting and humbly allow 

 himself to be trodden under foot. But the ethics of mon- 

 ism does not make man unfit for life, it renders him fitter 

 in the struggle for existence. It teaches that so long as we 

 are in harmony with the One and All of nature, so long 

 as we remain in accord with natural laws, we shall be best 

 able to resist evil. And this we can only do by constantly 

 exercising our faculties and strengthening brawn and brain 

 for the continued struggle, which will cause us, it is true, 

 much trouble and uneasiness, but at the same time will 

 raise us to a higher level ; it educates us and enhances the 

 work of our existence. 



Professor Huxley's scathing criticism is only justified 

 if applied to the ovine morality of those who see a virtue 

 in sheepishness. Humanity, Christian and anti-Christian, 

 is under the influence of the sheep allegory still. But the 

 struggle for existence will continue, it can not be abolished 

 because it is a natural law, and sheepishness will never 

 triumph in the world of real life. 



Morality is not negative, it is not mere submission 

 to evil, no pure passivity, no suffering, simply : morality 

 is positive. Not by the omission of certain things do we 

 do right, but by straining all the faculties of mind and 

 body to do our best in the struggle for life which we have 

 to fight. We may be weak, and we may feel our weak- 

 ness. The greater should our efforts be, to fight the 

 struggle ethically. We may be poor in spirit and we may 

 feel our want, but nature will supply us with that which 

 we want, if we but earnestly struggle to acquire it. He 

 who is strong in spirit and in body, he who feels his 

 strength and misuses it, will not be the conqueror in the 

 end. It is not the self-sufficient that are blessed ; but 

 those who are aware of their insufficiency. This only, in 

 my opinion, can be, or at least ought to be, the meaning 

 when Christ says : 



