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to be fundamental. To interpret the course of 

 Evolution without this would be to leave the richest 

 side even of material Nature without an explanation. 

 Retrace the ground even thus hastily travelled 

 over, and see how full Creation is of meaning, of 

 anticipation of good for Man, how far back begins 

 the undertone of Love. Remember that nearly 

 all the beauty of the world is Love-beauty — 

 the corolla of the flower and the plume of the 

 grass, the lamp of the firefly, the plumage of 

 the bird, the horn of the stag, the face of a 

 woman ; that nearly all the music of the natural 

 world is Love-music — the song of the nightingale, 

 the call of the mammal, the chorus of the insect, 

 the serenade of the lover ; that nearly all the foods 

 of the world are Love-foods — the date and the 

 raisin, the banana and the bread-fruit, the locust 

 and the honey, the eggs, the grains, the seeds, 

 the cereals, and the legumes ; that all the drinks 

 of the world are Love-drinks — the juices of the 

 sprouting grain and the withered hop, the milk 

 from the udder of the cow, the wine from the 

 Love-cup of the vine. Remember that the Family, 

 the crown of all higher life, is the creation of 

 Love ; that Co-operation, which means power, 

 which means wealth, which means leisure, which 

 therefore means art and culture, recreation and 



