EVOLUTION THE MASTER-KEY 



destroy certain of his sketches, not because they 

 are bad, but because their existence will lower the 

 price of the others; and to this may be referred 

 such diverse acts of morality as Spencer's renun- 

 ciation of fishing, a favorite sport, and his refusal 

 ever to buy shares save with the intention of 

 making a permanent investment. The whole of 

 morality can thus be resolved into a single prin- 

 ciple which ultimately depends upon the fact that 

 the organic world has been so evolved as to con- 

 sist of individuals which are related to one an- 

 other ; and the all - embracing character of this 

 principle may best be expressed in the words of 

 St. Paul, "Love is the fulfilling of the law." 



