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forces of evolution; we can only determine 

 whether wisdom shall bring the consummation 

 relatively quickly, or whether it shall be reached 

 through the reaction from further world war. 

 With the spiritual character of society in 

 view, we are in a position to see the inadequacy 

 of making the individualistic struggle for sur- 

 vival as conceived by Darwin the basis of a 

 social philosophy. In attempting to do so, 

 modern thought has stimulated the selfish com- 

 petition for domination to the point of endan- 

 gering the very fabric of civilization. Under 

 the new conditions of the machine age. the 

 thrust of the forces of individual and group 

 greed in the pursuit of property has produced 

 widespread misery, class strife, and world war. 

 Thus by the anguish of the war-torn nations 

 does Nature drive man back to the service of 

 the ends she has revealed. 



