THE EVOLUTION OF MAN 



A lovely picture extends before my eyes. A 

 virgin meadow stretches down a valley clad in 

 emerald green. Innumerable blossoms of dande- 

 lions and blue-bells rise from it like golden and 

 violet flames. A gray granite wall, a witness of 

 primordial days, forms the background to this 

 fresh wave of full life. Above it, like a dark 

 blue stage setting, rise the fir forest and the op- 

 posite mountain wall. And far. far beyond it, al- 

 most merging into the soft blue sky with a 

 slightly deeper tint, appears the outline of the 

 giant mountains. Now, a snow-white cloud, 

 glistening in the sunlight, floats slowly and phan- 

 tom-like towards me, coming down from the 

 unknown distance beyond, and disappearing 

 above me in the glittering light. The bright glow 

 of the sun is diffused throughout it all, lending 

 charm to the flowery meadow, the granite and the 



