THE GRAND STRATEGY 

 OF EVOLUTION 



CHAPTER I 



BASIC FACTORS IN CONSTRUCTIVE 

 ACTION 



The Influence of the New Concept on Human Conduct The 

 Varied Aspects of Nature as a Source of Mental Confusion Con- 

 flict and Tragedy, Competition and Destruction in Nature Benevo- 

 lence and Mutual Service as Directive, or Disciplinary Agents in 

 Nature-Action The Continuity of the Creative Process Evo- 

 lution a triumph of Constructive over Destructive Agencies Co- 

 operation and Conveyance, or Mutual Service and Rightness as 

 Constructive Agencies in Evolution. 



I. The Influence of the New Concept on Human 



Conduct 



THE theory of evolution is now accepted by all 

 classes of intellectual leaders. Its transforming in- 

 fluence has penetrated society far beyond the point 

 where the theory is formally recognized, or the mean- 

 ing of the term even vaguely understood. It has de- 

 stroyed old standards for the interpretation of life, 

 erased old formulas for the conduct of life, and has 

 compelled us to seek new standards and formulas more 

 in harmony with nature-action; ones based on the best 

 teachings of the old religions and on the best of the new 

 science; and ones that shall not be in downright con- 



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