232 THE STRUGGLE FOR THE LIFE OF OTHERS. 



fundamental. To interpret the course of Evolution 

 without this would be to leave the richest side even 

 of material Nature without an explanation. Retrace 

 the ground even thus hastily travelled over, and see 

 how full Creation is of meaning, of anticipation, of 

 good for Man, how far back begins the undertone of 

 Love. Remember that nearly all the beauty of the 

 world is Love-beauty — the corolla of the flower and 

 the plume of the grass, the lamp of the fire-fly, the 

 plumage of the bird, the horn of the stag, the face of 

 a woman ; that nearly all the music of the natural 

 world is Love-music — the song of the nightingale, the 

 call of the mammal, the chorus of the insect, the 

 serenade of the lover ; that nearly all the foods of the 

 world are Love-foods — the date and the raisin, the 

 banana and the bread-fruit, the locust and the honey, 

 the eggs, the grains, the seeds, the cereals, and the 

 legumes ; that all the drinks of the world are Love- 

 drinks — the juices of the sprouting grain and the 

 withered hop, the milk from the udder of the cow, 

 the wine from the Love-cup of the vine. Remember 

 that the Family, the crown of all higher life, is the 

 creation of Love ; that Co-operation, which means 

 power, which means wealth, which means leisure, 

 which therefore means art and culture, recreation and 

 education, is the gift of Love. Remember not only 

 these things, but the diffusions of feeling which ac- 

 company them, the elevations, the ideals, the happi- 

 ness, the goodness, and the faith in more goodness, 

 and ask if it is not a world of Love in which we live. 



CO-OPERATION IN NATURE. 

 Though Co-operation is not exclusively the gift of 



