ALFRED R. WALLACE 



HE question of how this world and all 

 the things in it were made has, so far as 

 we know, always been asked. 

 And volunteers have never been slow 

 about coming forward and answering. 

 Q For this service the volunteer has 

 usually asked honors and also exemption 

 from unpleasant toil. He has also de- 

 manded the joy of riding in a coach, be- 

 ing carried in a palanquin and sitting on 

 a throne clothed in purple vestments 

 trimmed with gold lace or costly furs. 

 Very often the volunteer has also insist- 

 ed on living in a house larger than he 

 needed, having more food than his sys- 

 tem required, and drinking decoctions 

 that are costly, spicy and peculiar. 

 All of which luxury has been paid for by 

 the people who are told that which they 

 wish to hear. 



The success of the volunteer lies in 

 keeping one large ear close to the turf. 

 Q Religious teachers have ever given to 

 their people a cosmogony that was adapt- 

 ed to their understanding. 

 Who made it ? 

 God made it all. 

 In how long a time ? 



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