186 EVOLUTION, SOCIAL AND ORGANIC 



soning brain of man is, according to both, to 

 be more than ever the instrument of ''achieve- 

 ment." 



To Dietzgen especially, the time is rotten- 

 ripe for the great change. 



"The salvation of humanity is involved in 

 this question. It is so great and sublime that 

 all other problems which time may bear in 

 its folds must wait in silence. The whole of 

 old Europe is waiting with bated breath the 

 fulfilling of the things which are coming. 



"Oh, ye short-sighted and narrow-minded, 

 who can not give up the fad of moderate, slow, 

 organic progress ! Do you not perceive that all 

 your great liberal passions sink to the level 

 of mere trifling, because the great question of 

 social salvation is on the order of the day? 

 The calm precedes the tempest. History 

 stands still, because she gathers force for a 

 great catastrophe." 



