The Logic of Evolution 



those of their grandparents. If we attempt to 

 root up childish or youthful thoughts, purposes, 

 and ideals, and implant our own in their place, 

 we have broken the logical sequence of human 

 development, and only harm can result. At the 

 same time we must stimulate In every way the 

 development of the nascent moral and religious 

 powers, lest they fail to reach their supreme 

 position in adult life. Any system of education 

 which does not send the youth out into life with 

 a powerful impetus toward all that is best and 

 grandest has failed of its chief end and use. 



The chief business of the adult is evidently 

 the supremacy of these highest powers. Every- 

 thing else is of secondary importance. Arrest 

 of development at this point is fatal to the indi- 

 vidual and to the race. The arrested individual 

 contributes nothing essential to progress, and a 

 society in which such individuals lead and con- 

 trol stagnates and probably degenerates. To 

 be content with ancestral attainments is fatal. 

 What was progress for them, is often retro- 

 gression for us. 



Only the complete development and suprem- 

 acy of these highest powers can unify the life 

 of the individual and make him a whole and 



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