/ 1 8 The Destiny of Man. 



than the fit climax to a creative work that 

 has been ineffably beautiful and marvel- 

 lous in all its myriad stages. 



Only on some such view can the rea- 

 sonableness of the universe, which still 

 remains far above our finite power of com- 

 prehension, maintain its ground. There 

 are some minds inaccessible to the class 

 of considerations here alleged, and perhaps 

 there always will be. But on such grounds, 

 if on no other, the faith in immortality is 

 likely to be shared by all who look upon 

 the genesis of the highest spiritual quali- 

 ties in Man as the goal of Nature's creative 

 work. This view has survived the Coper- 

 nican revolution in science, and it has sur- 

 vived the Darwinian revolution. Nay, if 

 the foregoing exposition be sound, it is 

 Darwinism which has placed Humanity 

 upon a higher pinnacle than ever. The 

 future is lighted for us with the radiant 

 colours of hope. Strife and sorrow shall 

 disappear. Peace and love shall reign su- 

 preme. The dream of poets, the lesson 



