﻿LECTURE 
  IX. 
  

   THE 
  ISSUES 
  OF 
  LIEE. 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  Tactics 
  of 
  Animate 
  Nature. 
  2. 
  The 
  Twofold 
  Business 
  

   of 
  Life. 
  3. 
  The 
  Struggle 
  for 
  Existence. 
  4. 
  Correction 
  of 
  

   Some 
  Misconceptions 
  of 
  the 
  Struggle 
  for 
  Existence. 
  5. 
  The 
  

   Welfare 
  of 
  the 
  Species. 
  6. 
  As 
  regards 
  Warfare. 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  Tactics 
  of 
  Animate 
  Nature. 
  

  

  IF 
  we 
  share 
  Bacon's 
  belief 
  that 
  the 
  footprints 
  of 
  the 
  

   Creator 
  are 
  imprinted 
  on 
  His 
  creatures, 
  we 
  cannot 
  but 
  be 
  

   interested 
  in 
  inquiring 
  into 
  the 
  general 
  trend 
  of 
  organic 
  

   activities. 
  What 
  is 
  all 
  the 
  bustle 
  about 
  ? 
  What 
  are 
  living 
  

   creatures, 
  as 
  they 
  are, 
  immediately 
  working 
  towards 
  ? 
  If 
  

   they 
  have 
  an 
  end 
  in 
  any 
  sense 
  in 
  view, 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   have, 
  what 
  is 
  it 
  and 
  by 
  what 
  means 
  do 
  they 
  accomplish 
  

   it? 
  Reality 
  has 
  been 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  a 
  a 
  totality 
  of 
  striving 
  

   and 
  willing 
  existence 
  ", 
  we 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  realm 
  of 
  organisms 
  

   a 
  portion 
  of 
  this 
  reality, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  bound 
  to 
  inquire 
  into 
  

   the 
  fundamental 
  motives 
  of 
  the 
  striving 
  and 
  crying 
  that 
  

   surround 
  us. 
  

  

  Some 
  students 
  of 
  the 
  tactics 
  of 
  Animate 
  Nature 
  have 
  

   discerned 
  in 
  them 
  little 
  to 
  admire 
  and 
  less 
  to 
  imitate. 
  To 
  

   Huxley, 
  for 
  instance, 
  it 
  seemed 
  that 
  Nature's 
  tactics 
  are 
  

   so 
  disappointing 
  that 
  Man's 
  best 
  rule 
  for 
  his 
  own 
  conduct 
  

   is 
  to 
  try 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  direct 
  opposite 
  of 
  what 
  Nature 
  does. 
  

   Others, 
  such 
  as 
  Prof. 
  Patrick 
  Geddes, 
  have 
  discerned 
  in 
  

   Animate 
  Nature 
  a 
  materialised 
  ethical 
  process 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   our 
  closest 
  attention 
  and 
  imitation. 
  Which 
  is 
  right 
  in 
  this 
  

   case, 
  master 
  or 
  pupil 
  ? 
  Others, 
  again, 
  while 
  making 
  no 
  

  

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