TliG FliUosopJnj of Kr<thif\<m. 3G1 



seldom loses it licad or waxes enthusiastic over crimes 

 greater than those it attempts to cure. 



So much then, we nuxy say in reply to those who are 

 afraid of Evolution because it is a nuiterialistic philosoi)hy. 

 As the immense body of modern knowledge, in all its vast 

 variety, is knowledge of the ])roi)erties and actions of 

 matter, it can be safely left to dcdend itself. That nuin- 

 kind will ever leave it to go back to the groping leadership 

 of metaphysics or the pursuit of the elusive mirage of so- 

 called spiritual truth, there is not the remotest possibility. 

 Like the statue of Lil)erty in our glorious bay, the material- 

 istic philoso})liy of Evolution will lift up its electric torch 

 over unnumbered generations of the future, scattering the 

 white liu-ht of its all-illuminatino- truth over land and o'er 

 sea, and over the ever increasing knowledge and happiness 

 of all wise and free nations. 



