n8 THE THRESHOLD OF EVOLUTION 



of the Metal Age, and who produce weapons far more murder- 

 ous than those of Cain, and now sweep down on the civilised 

 races in a phalanx of battle and of robbery and of murder far 

 more detrimental to the progress of this age of civilisation than 

 the internal robbery and murder of the covetous children of 

 Cain, who represent southern civilisation. And as it was most 

 probable that the murderous Cain also represents the less 

 evolved minds who rebelled against the social laws of early 

 civilisation, and so were expelled from out the bounds of 

 civilisation, which is described in the Bible as fleeing into a 

 far country (i.e., " uncivilised " country) where they took to 

 them wicked (i.e., " savage ") wives. But this marriage of 

 the children of Seth with those of Lemech portrays the return 

 of the Northern and Aryan Races, who intensify the form of 

 murder we call war to a seven-fold more serious crime or 

 detriment to civilisation than were the avaricious murders of 

 Cain ; also by their raids tend to evolve commerce. 



For as mind can only be evolved to any high standard 

 of body by being trained in physical work, exercise 

 and energy to stand severe fatigue, or to withstand mental 

 labour, for there is no energy so exhaustive as prolonged and 

 difficult mental work, which is far more fatiguing than bodily 

 work, and there is no physical training more effective than 

 that of war and sport. The consequence of this was that the 

 Mongolian Races, owing to their earlier comparative luxury, 

 had not evolved the powers of sustaining endurance and per- 

 severance of their Aryan competitors, so were unable to evolve 

 higher mental evolution until crossed by Aryan competitors. 



These now descended upon them, bringing not the 

 harmless murder of petty hostile bands of robbers, but the 

 more dreadful and seven times more criminal form of murder, 

 that of a trained army of greedy conquerors who came to rob 

 and steal, but, unlike the Mongolian Race, were not inclined 

 to burn and destroy not only the wealth but the knowledge, 

 religion and civilisations that it has taken Man and God 

 thousands of years to evolve, and yet after all these years we 

 are still mad enough to honour and respect the warrior, and 

 to devote millions of money to perpetuating war. 



True religion has been inspired by God adding divine re- 

 velation to man's powers in a superhuman, yes, even as in the 

 of our redemptions occasionally in a supernatural manner. 



