ISO THE ASCENT OF MAN 



Watch the majestic drama of Creation unfolding, 

 scene by scene and act by act. Realize that one 

 power, and only one, has marshalled the figures 

 for this mighty spectacle; that one hand, and only 

 one, has carried out these transformations ; that one 

 principle, and only one, has controlled each sub- 

 sidiary plot and circumstance; that the same great 

 patient unobtrusive law has guided and shaped 

 the whole from its beginnings in bewilderment 

 and chaos to its end in order, harmony, and 

 beauty. Then watch the curtain drop. And as 

 it moves to rise again, behold the new actor 

 upon the stage. Silently, as all great changes 

 come. Mental Evolution has succeeded Organic. 

 All the things that have been now lie in the 

 far background as forgotten properties. And Man 

 stands alone in the foreground, and a new thing, 

 Spirit, strives within him. 



