TRIASSIC PERIOD 81 



had embarked on a course destined to result in a wonderful 

 development of life. Here, too, was Morality in active 

 evolution, breaking like sunbeams through clouds. Animals 

 had appeared, parts of whose bodies were designed, not for 

 their own convenience and welfare, but for the use and 

 benefit of their offspring. Altruism had passed to a higher 

 stage ; and many virtues, hitherto obscured or undeveloped, 

 were coming forth as lights in the world. 



