The Destiny of Man. 99 



If now we contrast the civilized man in- 

 tellectually and morally with the savage, 

 we find that, along with his vast increase 

 of cerebral surface, he has an immensely , 

 greater power of representing in imagina- 

 tion objects and relations not present to 

 the senses. This is the fundamental in- \ 7 

 tellectual difference between civilized men I * 

 and savages. 15 The power of imagina-y^ 

 tion, or ideal representation, underlies the , 

 whole of science and art, and it is closely 

 connected with the ability to work hard 

 and submit to present discomfort for the 

 sake of a distant reward. It is also closely * 

 connected with the development of the 

 sympathetic feelings. The better we can 

 imagine objects and relations not pres- 

 ent to sense, the more readily we can 

 sympathize with other people. Half the 

 cruelty in the world is the direct result of 

 stupid incapacity to put one's self in the 

 other man's place. So closely inter-related 

 are our intellectual and moral natures that 

 the development of sympathy is very con- 



