NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION 



wonder often at what men suffer, 

 but I wonder at what they lose." 



I wonder rather that they hesi- 

 tate to suffer when I think of 

 what is to be gained. Corrective 

 experiences are repellant medi- 

 cines, not always in capsules of 

 honey, but they are medicines. 



On the plane of this lower life 

 we can not explain suffering. On 

 the plane of the egg life we can 

 not explain the breaking of the 

 egg. For the explanation we 

 must look up to the singing-bird 

 in the branches. Paul speaks in 

 the language of evolution when 

 he tells of the law of the spiritual 

 man fighting against the law of 

 the members; the fighting and 

 the suffering are essential for 

 growth. I have made great gain 

 when I have learned what Christ 

 meant when He said, "Seek ye 



ures]."— Herbert Spencer, "Princi- 

 ples of Psychology, " section 124. 

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