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dicates the stages through which it has passed 

 up to the historian himself. Evolution, there- 

 fore, has evolved the evolver evolving Evolu- 

 tion, as far as life goes, and thus shows a 

 cycle of present completion. 



It is manifest, however, that there is an- 

 other and deeper act here than the physically 

 evolutionary. Darwin's Ego or Mind is what 

 returns to his corporeal starting-point, and 

 traces the organic forms till he comes to his 

 own organism. That psychical return lies 

 outside of life, yea, outside of Evolution in 

 its more special sense; which, however, it 

 grasps and describes. What is its place and 

 significance ? Just here we may glimpse pos- 

 sibly a flash of the coming century with its 

 own doctrine which reaches beyond Evolution, 

 though including it. Darwin consciously 

 evolves the organic world, but unconsciously 

 has evolved his Ego performing such an evo- 

 lutionary act. That is his unique achievement, 

 and makes him the unique man that he is. In 

 his work of Evolution he suggests and in- 

 stinctively employs something greater than 

 Evolution, great as it is. 



We must inspect the inherent character of 

 Evolution, and see what it will do to itself. 

 It takes for granted an immanent principle 

 in Nature which 'projects itself into a line of 

 living forms, and thus manifests itself in a 



