CHAPTER I 

 FITNESS 



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PURPOSE AND ORDER 



DEAS of purpose a nd order are among 

 '"'the Brst concepts regarding their en- - 

 vironment which appear, as vague antici- 

 pations of philosophy and sci ence, in th e 

 minds of men. In truth, when the manifold 

 phenomena and experiences of daily life 

 stored in the memor^are_xriJj£aJlvscriiti- 

 nized, purpose and order seem naturally to 

 suggest themselv es as explanat ions of tEe 

 universe._ Day and night, the changing but 

 recurring seasons, the fertilizing sunshine 

 and rain, the flight of birds, the powers of 

 the human hand, and all the beauties and 

 mysteries of nature cannot fail of such in- 

 terpretation by the simple and untraine d 

 mind. Alike anthropology and the history 

 of prinimve~civiliz ations bear w itness to this 

 natural tendency of thoinih^^uch^deas^ie- 



