70 The Destiny of Man. 



the infancy, thus giving rise to the capac- 

 ity for progress ; and infancy, in turn, orig- 

 inated the family and thus opened the way 

 for the growth of sympathies and of eth- 

 ical feelings. All these results have per- 

 petually reacted upon one another until a 

 creature different in kind from all other 

 creatures has been evolved. The creature 

 thus evolved long since became dominant 

 over the earth in a sense in which none of 

 his predecessors ever became dominant ; 

 and henceforth the work of evolution, so 

 far as our planet is concerned, is chiefly 

 devoted to the perfecting of this last and 

 most wonderful product of creative energy. 



