NIVERS/IL 



STRIFE- 

 O1/IFTEK-I 



l\ l\ AN, born in a world of perpetual contest 

 *.** and conquest, compelled to witness the 

 ever-changing panorama of life from the cradle 

 to the grave is by nature qualified to appreciate 

 somewhat of that vaster strife which seems to rule 

 the universe. It may be from this cause that he is 

 so restless, so limitless in his aims and in his efforts 

 to attain variety ; but this temperament may have 

 been, on the other hand, the great factor enabling 

 man to rise so far above the brute in so many 

 respects, and, perhaps, to sink below him in so 

 many others. Yet, through it all, man ever 

 cherishes an ideal of a changeless blessedness in 



