LECTURE XXVII. 

 LAW OF MUTUAL HELP, OR ALTRUISM. 



1. Shown in conjugation of cells. Hence arises di- 

 vision of labor between the sexes. Conjugal love. 

 Filial love. Parental love. Formation of the family. 

 Source of variation. 



2. Shown in the aggregation of cells. Hence arises 

 compound animals. Specialization. Physical divis- 

 ion of labor. Source of variation. 



8. Shown in altruism. Qualities that bind men and 

 animals together in tribes or nation. Live and let 

 live rising to live and help live. From the Silver Rule 

 to the Golden Rule. 



Progressive ethics. 



From the basis of altruism rises human justice, re- 

 ligion, science entering into the work of others. 



Altruism. Mutual help in the three-fold struggle 

 against forces of Nature ; against others of unlike 

 character ; against others of like character. 



Civilization essentially security against violence in 

 the struggle for existence, enabling us to enter in work 

 of the others of the past as well as of the present. 



The animal virtues giving way to the Christian vir- 

 tues. Rights of others. Rights of lower animals. 

 Bayary Taylor's story. 



A bounty on Cain. Ishmaelites. Our strength 

 drawn from others. 



