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the conditions of race efficiency and race survival. 

 Beauty is nothing in itself ; and the sense of beauty 

 is mere habituation to environment, whether from in- 

 herited experience (Lamarck, Spencer, also Darwin) 

 or from the slower but not less sure (Darwinian) pro- 

 cess of elimination. We must steadily occupy a posi- 

 tion on both sides of the hedge. Mr. Sutherland is 

 determined to warm his hands, as long as he lives, at 

 a painted fire. He knows it is painted ; you shall not 

 throw dust in his eyes ! He is determined to keep on 

 warming himself ; how dare you forbid him ? 



We at least have no wish to do so. We would 

 rather hope that some day he may discover the 

 glorious truth, that what warms him is not paint, but 

 God's own sunshine. 



