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they are unexplainable, as are all the steps in 

 the evolutionary process where the less pro- 

 duces the greater. We can only say that here 

 is creation. 



The creative soul of society manifests itself 

 through the mutuality, the friendliness, the 

 cooperation of the group. It is in the atmos- 

 phere of love and faith that the delicate 

 growths of the mind searching out the intri- 

 cacies of science and art come to maturity. 

 The social order that best approximates the 

 spirit of the highest ethics as stated, let us say, 

 in the concept of the gospels, is the one that 

 provides the best environment for the develop- 

 ment of the highest things in civilization — a 

 development that in the long run means both 

 physical and spiritual strength. Back of the 

 literary, artistic, political, and industrial de- 

 velopment of peoples like the Hebrews, the 

 Greeks, and the Romans stand national ideals 

 creating group aspiration, confidence, coopera- 

 tion, and sacrifice, and staying the storm of 

 competitive greed sufficiently to allow some of 

 the finer fruits of the soul to mature. And 

 it is under such conditions that the real talent 

 of the individual becomes apparent. As social- 

 ization attains its strength, the proud, the 



