THE ANIMAL MIND 



lance, and he must and does take his chances. For 

 the privileges of mastering certain of Nature's activ- 

 ities, he pays in a host of natural enemies. For the 

 privilege of fire, he pays in the hazard of fire; for 

 the privilege of steam, he pays in the risks of steam; 

 for knowing how to overcome and use gravity, he 

 pays in many a deadly surrender to gravity. He 

 shakes out his sail to the wind at the risk of the 

 wind's power and fury. So always does the new 

 gift bring new danger and new responsibilities. 



Man is endowed and blest above all other crea- 

 tures, and above all other creatures is he exposed to 

 defeat and death. But the problem is not as broad 

 as it is long. The price paid does not always, or 

 commonly, eat up all the profit. There has been a 

 steady gain. Nature exacts her fee, but the service 

 is more than worth it. Otherwise man would not 

 be here. Unless man had been driven out of Para- 

 dise, what would he have come to? The lower orders 

 are still in the Garden of Eden; they know not good 

 from evil; but man's evolution has brought him out 

 of the state of innocence and dependence, and he is 

 supreme in the world. 



