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animal kingdom, or as much of it as gives evi- 

 dence of feeling. Hmnanitarianism is the final 

 goal of hmnan s^Tinpathy. Starting with the tribe 

 (or the family, or even the individual), the in- 

 stinct of sympathy has spread from tribe to con- 

 federacy, from confederacy to nation, from nation 

 to race, and from race to species. It is constantly 

 growing and deepening among the sub-divisions 

 of the human species and is as constantly extend- 

 ing to the non-human populations of the earth. 

 It is destined finally to reach the remotest shores 

 of the Great Ocean of Feeling. Wherever there 

 are bodies that bleed and souls that mourn, there 

 human s>Tnpathy should go, angel-like, with its 

 sweetness and healing — down even to those lowly 

 and overlooked but suffering-and-enjoying civil- 

 izations beneath our feet, in the grasses and 

 grounds and the crystal deeps. 

 8. Vestigial Customs and Institutions. 



Men are like sheep. They do things and think 

 things, not because the things are useful and true, 

 but because they have been done and thought by 

 others who have gone before. They imitate their 

 ancestors. Each generation of men jumps over 

 the same hurdles that preceding generations have 

 jumped over, altho in most cases the usefulness of 

 the activities, if they ever had any in the first 

 place, has long ago passed away. It is the call of 

 the past — the oldest and most hopeless of human 

 slaveries. 



Civilization is a train. It drags along with it a 



