NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION 



of the spiritual man — comes from 

 the natural man and the kingdoms 

 below him. 



The development from kingdom 

 to kingdom was a natural unfold- 

 ing ; yet the new creature of the 

 next higher order always came 

 through a new birth — a double 

 birth: (1) the birth of the new 

 type -life of the next higher king- 

 dom into the evolutionary order 

 of nature, through the hereditary 

 chain ; and (2) the birth of each 

 individual into this type-life. 



Let us attempt to climb quickly 

 as may be the spiral stairway of 

 the evolution of man, from plat- 

 form to platform —kingdom to 

 kingdom. 



FIRST STEP IN LIFE, The 



Vegetable Kingdom. — After ages 



of preparation in the inorganic 



world, the material which sup- 



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