THE EVOLUTION OF MAN 



which actually rises in the east, but the earth 

 which revolves toward it. Genuine religious 

 feeling is truly something very human, using 

 these terms in their very widest and sublimest 

 meaning, and a cold fact from the history of hu- 

 man evolution cannot dampen this spirit. It is 

 a triumph of modern human powers that we can 

 resurrect the past from the tombs of millions of 

 years. That is what makes those ancient pic- 

 tures so inspiring. But we should not be worthy 

 of this triumph if we did not have the strength 

 to dominate the spirits of the past with the calm- 

 ness of a master who can look at them serenely 

 and say : "You are of the past and the struggles 

 of the past belong to you ; but / am, and above me 

 are my stars." 



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