A Story Outline of Evolution 



tion and reproduction every living thing — both plant and 

 animal has developed. It possessed the potential powers 

 and properties of all life. It was governed and regulated 

 by natural laws. It was the starting point from which the 

 design of all life has been planned. Each epoch or genera- 

 tion has Improved upon the one preceding It. Out of the 

 potential power of this first life cell the creative arts and 

 sciences have been developed, the whole culminating In the 

 God-given Intelligence of man and Into altruism and love, 

 the ultimate essence of the plan of life. 



It Is a part of the Plan of Creation that man shall know 

 the truth. It Is the most alluring and elevating accomplish- 

 ment toward which the mental energies of man can be 

 directed. But we cannot know the truth without long and per- 

 sistent work. A knowledge of truth cannot be purchased. It 

 cannot be acquired by wishing or praying and the only way 

 It can be acquired Is by long and continued mental digging. 



A knowledge of the first life cell or of the electrons, 

 atoms and molecules would have been both useless and 

 impossible with primitive minds because these belong to 

 realms of thought to which the reasoning powers of the 

 primitive people had not attained. It was Cultural Evolu- 

 tion that through long periods of study, observation, adapta- 

 tion and growth, developed the mind of man to a greater 

 comprehension and understanding of the Intricate, yet sim- 

 ple, Plan of Creation as revealed to us by scientific research. 



As the mists that clouded the understanding of primitive 

 man cleared away and as development and growth opened 

 up avenues through which the sunlight of truth could pene- 



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