466 Living in a World of Change 



theories of creation or evolution that will determine his char- 

 acter or his salvation. The scientist, at any rate, has been 

 unable to find valid reasons for treating the human organism, 

 in classification, in study, or in interpretation, as calling for 

 methods different from those applied to the rest of life. And 

 this includes the evolutionary view of our place in the world. 

 Man has looked back into the dark past of the race; but 

 he need not apologize for the cave or forest that his ancestors 

 occupied. Man has also caught glimpses of dazzling possi- 

 bilities in the future, and may nourish his self-respect on his 

 ability to walk erect and look forward with both eyes. His 

 dignity does not require that he boast of the great advance 

 he has made in a few million years. Nor of his unique place 

 among all the animals, in that he alone can dream dreams 

 and make them come true. It is man the doer, the creator, 

 who conceives the universe as the handiwork of a great 

 Creator. It is the same man, perhaps a little more mature, 

 who conceives the universe under the category of Natural 

 Law. It does not enhance the majesty of this concept- 

 builder to set his gods quarreling. In both cases he has made 

 God in his own image. He may modestly look upon his work 

 and pronounce it good — until, some day, he can do better. 



