Man in the Light of Evolution 



they may not suspect It. They are the real kings 

 and queens. Their power for good is inestima- 

 ble. The great advantage of social life, as a 

 means of conformity to environment, is the me- 

 dium which it furnishes to conduct the power of 

 such men and women. 



Man's last effort to conform, the struggle for 

 existence in its highest and most real form, is the 

 life and death grapple between good and evil. 

 Here good and evil, right and wrong, truth and 

 falsehood, come face to face. Life is more than 

 a game of chess ^ or chance. It is a battle, in 

 which every one must take part; he must fight 

 or die. 



The real kings are, as a rule, on the side of 

 truth and aid its triumph. One essential of such 

 leadership as we have been studying is the power 

 to inspire confidence in the king. A suspicion 

 of selfish aims in the leader breaks the bonds 

 and rouses revolt. The hero must be self-forget- 

 ful. This is one reason for hero-worship and 

 for the hero's magnetic power. But evil is es- 

 sentially selfish, and can hold the throne only as 

 long as it can deceive. 



^ Huxley, T. H., "Lay Sermons/* p. 31. 



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