Man in the Light of Evohttion 



press more fully and adequately the will of the 

 people. 



Our study of biological history has shown us 

 certain laws and tendencies which have been 

 working through thousands or millions of years, 

 and which must therefore continue to guide or 

 urge man toward some far-off goal. We must 

 believe that progress will still continue accom- 

 panied by much stagnation and degeneration. 

 Many will fall out of the upward line of march, 

 as their animal and anthropoid predecessors have 

 done in the past. Evolution is no guarantee of 

 universal progress. But some will press on to 

 a higher plane of life. 



In this higher life the best attainments of all 

 past generations will be preserved or improved. 

 The lower vegetative visceral organs will not 

 deteriorate. They are essential to life, and will 

 be maintained or improved in the interest of bod- 

 ily and spiritual health. The muscular system 

 will still be needed to maintain health and to 

 realize the plans and commands of the thinking 

 mind. Finer actions of finer muscles of expres- 

 sion will play a larger and larger part in the life 

 of the future. Knowledge will increase. Man 

 will think not only of how to get a living, but 



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