54: THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF MAN 



ages on ages to develop this much. If this is the 

 highest visible result of ages on ages of development, 

 what hope is there for the future ? Can such a thing 

 be the ancestor of a thinking, moral, religious person, 

 like man ? " That is not first which is spiritual, but 

 that which is natural (animal, sensuous) ; and after- 

 ward that which is spiritual." First, in order of time, 

 must come the body, and then the mind and spirit 

 shall be enthroned in it. The little knot of nervous 

 material which forms the supra-oesophageal ganglion 

 is so small that it might easily escape our notice ; but 

 it is the promise of an infinite future. The atom of 

 nervous power shall increase until it subdues and dom- 

 inates the whole mass. 



