A WAIF AND ITS ADOPTION 



Of course, even this higher organ of under- 

 standing will be limited by its organization and 

 cannot penetrate beyond that by any other 

 means but further evolution. Yet it will per- 

 ceive and understand a great deal more than 

 ours. 



Furthermore, all things of the universe have 

 developed from a few basic elements, which we 

 cannot divide beyond the limits of human per- 

 ception. These basic elements do not seem to 

 have changed their fundamental nature- in all 

 the millions of years since organic life began 

 its evolutionary course. At least we have no 

 means of determining any changes in them, al- 

 though they too, go through an evolution along 

 with the different forms which they have gener- 

 ated, as is shown by radium and helium. But 

 evidently the elements have so far had a greater 

 affinity for reaction toward their type than 

 toward new variations, in other words, the evo- 

 lution of the forms generated by them proceeds 

 faster than that of the elements themselves. 

 These evolutionary forms have naturally a 

 greater tendency towards variation than their 

 basic elements. 



The logical conclusion from these premises 

 is that the development of that higher organ 



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