Man in the Light of Evolution 



thus a clear vision of the ends of hfe, who works 

 toward these ends patiently, steadily, without 

 haste and without discouragement, is in a fair 

 way to become exceedingly wise. He never 

 doubts that life is well worth living, and worthy 

 of his best, strongest, and most enduring efforts. 

 He says with the poet : 



" This world's no blot for us 

 Nor blank. It means intensely and means good." 



All his powers — physical, mental, and moral — 

 are called into action as means to the accom- 

 plishment of his great ends. 



He finds very soon that, while the end remains 

 ever the same, conditions are ever shifting, and 

 demanding new means or modes of meeting 

 them. He skillfully adapts the new means to 

 the old ends. 



The pilot makes for the same harbor a hun- 

 dred or more times. Harbor and channel, light- 

 house and buoys, remain the same. But wind, 

 tide, and current shift continually, and he must 

 set sail and rudder accordingly. Now he comes 

 in on a straight course with rapid progress. 

 Again he has to beat against wind and tide; his 

 progress is slow and his course tortuous. But 



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