CREATIVE INVOLUTION 



CHAPTER I 



THE PEESENT EVOLUTIONARY CONFUSION 



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" I SAW NO CAUSE WHY MAN SHOULD NOT STAND ALL- 

 SUFFICIENT EVEN NOW, NOR WHY HIS ANNALS SHOULD 

 BE FORCED TO TELL THAT ONCE THE TIDE OF LIGHT, 

 ABOUT TO BREAK UPON THE WORLD, WAS SEALED 



WITHIN ITS SPRING: i WOULD HAVE HAD ONE DAY, 

 ONE MOMENT'S SPACE, CHANGE MAN'S CONDITION, PUSH 



In the book of the Cosmic Order, the chapter en- 

 titled " The Evolution of Man " is drawing to a close. 

 Written in terms of individual achievement, its pages 

 are fraught with vital interest for us ; but while we 

 linger to decipher a line, to interpret a passage, an- 

 other chapter is in the writing. Even while man 

 visions himself as the end and goal of its course, 

 Evolution is passing on to greater things, nations 



and civilisations are become its concern. 



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