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sympathy with the unfortunate and the fortunate, a 

 sense of dependence upon and obligation to others, and 

 love of kindred and non-kindred. The possession of 

 these attributes marks the species as not merely gre- 

 garious, but in the deepest sense social. Out of the 

 observation and personal experience of these attributes 

 in their best development there has grown the concep- 

 tion that the members of the species constitute a 

 brotherhood. And notice that the fact that each of 

 these attributes has its antithesis, does not in the least 

 affect the essential point before us. Day is no less 

 day because there is also night. The social feelings one 

 possesses are none the less positive because of unsocial 

 feelings one may also possess. Love is none the less 

 love because hate exists. 



The historic doctrine of human brotherhood grew 

 out of these germinal moral feelings of man. Specu- 

 lation as to the origin and sanction of these feelings 

 has usually been sought, especially in the western 

 world, beyond nature. But in these later centuries 

 comes science to demonstrate the physical counterpart 

 of the spiritual doctrine of brotherhood. 



And now the final word: If ever we mortals attain 

 to true self-wisdom, wisdom that is not alone saving 

 but creative of Self, we shall win it by devoutly seeking 

 in the temples of Religion, Art, and Science alter- 

 nately. No man can become wise unto eternal life by 

 worshipping in one kind of temple only. 



And when such wisdom shall be reached each Self 



