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where in the scope of its totaHty evo- 

 lution must find a place for the highest 

 achievements of the human soul, or the 

 general conception crumbles. Every 

 thorough-going evolutionist believes 

 this and looks to the natural history of 

 man, when viewed in its all-inclusive 

 light, as the real history of man. 



But how is it that man holds such 

 an exceptional place in the world? 

 We are quite sure that never before 

 in the history of the earth has there 

 arisen an organism that has probed 

 the universe as man has, that has 

 developed art, poetry, religion, and 

 science as the human species has done 

 and is doing to-day. Not that these 

 accomplishments are in any sense 

 final or ultimate, for no one can tell 

 what the future has in store, but com- 

 pared with the efforts of the long 

 geologic past they are stupendous. 

 We look with admiration on the bee 



