178 Outlook to Nature 



Oh Mars ! Sister in the stellar void 

 Thy course far run upon the great abyss 

 Send us thy message ! 

 What hast thou learned in thy great life, 

 What hopes are thine, what doubts removed, 

 What dost thou see beyond the veil, 

 What meaneth life and death ? 



AN EVOLUTIONIST'S OUTLOOK 



If one holds such views as these, you want 

 to know his attitude toward God and religion. 

 I do not assume to contradict any man's theory 

 of life, and do not desire to impress my own 

 opinions on any mind. Neither have I any 

 suggestions to make as to conduct or to what 

 is conventionally known as " character " ; every 

 man must work out his own life : and as he 

 thinketh, so is he. 



// is not a verbal revelation. 



Now, as I think of it, there are two consid- 

 erations that lie at the bottom of this whole 

 matter. In the first place, even if my straw- 

 berry did originate another species, truth and 

 love and mercy have not changed. In the 



