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Fitness and the exercise of nascent powers of high- 

 est capacity 92 



CHAPTER VI 



EVOLUTION AND FAITH 



Life an experiment — Progress into an untried and un- 

 certain future — Attention, interest, inspiration, pur- 

 pose, character — Faith and fitness — Faith and 

 manhood — Faith and the development of the in- 

 dividual — The Valley of Humihation . . .115 



CHAPTER Vn 



RACIAL EXPERIENCE 



Experiment and intelligence — Racial experiments — The 

 verdict of history — Instincts; axioms, convictions — 

 Convictions, character, power — Contagion of per- 

 sonality — Knowledge and faith .... 131 



CHAPTER VIII 



CONFORMITY TO ENVIRONMENT 



Plasticity and power of adaptation — Conformity to any 

 and every environment does not guarantee progress 

 — Environment studied in the light of its effects and 

 results — Environment and surroundings — Impor- 

 tance of a new relation — Improved surroundings no 

 guarantee of progress — Progress and the problem 

 of the will — The leaven of a great life . . .163 



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