Man in the Light of Evolution 



the results of their fitness. These are reserved 

 for their descendants. All the disadvantages, 

 hardships, and losses of their experiment become 

 apparent quickly. The gains and advantages 

 are mostly In a far-off future. This also Is In- 

 evitable. The fittest have developed only 

 through the hard training and testing of all 

 their powers. They are always graduated from 

 the school of adversity with Its hard and healthy 

 stimuli. Meanwhile, the dominant form is 

 easily reaping a full harvest of present, evident, 

 and tangible gain. His descendants long after- 

 wards pay the penalty of his mistakes. But he 

 and his contemporaries will live to see only the 

 advantages. Past experience reviewed by hu- 

 man intelligence casts light on the path of future 

 progress. But the goal of attainment toward 

 which we must march lies In a distant future 

 always dim and uncertain. 



Says Professor James: *' In all ages the man 

 whose determinations are swayed by reference 

 to the most distant end has been held to possess 

 the highest Intelligence. The tramp who lives 

 from hour to hour; the Bohemian whose engage- 

 ments are from day to day; the bachelor who 

 builds for a single life; the father who acts for 



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