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well as his method of organizing them in his mind 

 can grow and change; and man's Gods can — and do 

 — grow and change accordingly. 



The growth of science in the last few centuries has 

 radically altered our knowledge of the outer world. 

 It has shown us, in the first place, a fundamental 

 unity of all phenomena, however apparently diverse. 

 It has shown us the inorganic part of the cosmos pur- 

 suing a direction — the progressive degradation of 

 energy — which, if it is carried to its limit, will result 

 in the extinction not only of life, but of all activity. 

 It has next shown us the organic part, sprung from 

 the inorganic but running a different course, ascend- 

 ing during evolutionary time to increasing heights of 

 complexity and to increasing control over its inor- 

 ganic environment. 



Finally, we have the psychozoic or human portion 

 — that minute fraction of the cosmos which vet is 

 of a preponderant importance, since it defmitely 

 represents the highest level yet reached by evolution- 

 ary progress. In this sphere mind is the dominant 

 partner, biologically speaking, in the mind-matter 

 partnership; evolution can begin to be conscious in- 

 stead of fortuitous; and true values arise which, in- 

 corporated in ideals and purposes, exert an effect 

 upon events. 



As regards our own mental organization, psycho- 

 logical science has recently shown us the enormous 

 importance of what we may call the extra-person:il 

 portion of our mind — all that which is normally sub- 



