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are still capacities for greater attainment. His 

 full development is reserved for a future state. As 

 about one-fourth of the human race die in infancy, 

 their powers must be developed in the future state 

 if they ever become rational beings. If the 

 dormant mind of a savage or an idiot ever becomes 

 sufficiently developed to enjoy a future existence, it 

 must undergo a spiritual growth in the future 

 life. 



Therefore it is reasonable to conclude that all 

 beings are in an embryotic condition, and require 

 another life to complete their permanent existence. 

 That lower animals have undeveloped and incom- 

 plete capacities requires no argument, and that 

 their lives are merely embryotic and that this ger- 

 minal beginning will be developed in a future state 

 is as true as that the capacities of a child, an idiot, 

 or a heathen will undergo a spiritual growth in the 

 future state. As there is no waste in nature and 

 all beings are endowed with certain abilities and 

 capacities for life and happiness, if by any cause 

 such endowment cannot be realized, then there 

 must be a future state in order that they may be 

 fully developed and enjoyed. 



It is evident that God intended to confer upon 



