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philosophy to be degradation, there is rising a continuous 

 rapid evolution toward higher ideals and better achievement. 

 The liberated humanity of today lives in a perception of 

 good and evil which is growing, and is immensely greater 

 than it knew under tutelage. It perceives the lawful 

 authority exercised a few generations back as a perversion 

 of power, and regards the still subject peoples as needing 

 emancipation as the first step toward elevation, even while 

 these others still hold steadfastly to their faith which is 

 superior to their wisdom. 



It is not surprising that in this transition there are 

 appearances of error. It is only in accord with natural 

 law and precedent, that with great change of circumstance, 

 there arise great activities in experimental variations, from 

 which only a few will be selected for survival, and of which 

 many may be regressive, and even bad. It is natural too 

 that many individuals, and many associations, failing that 

 control which custom has taught them to expect from 

 authority, and lacking perceptions of their own, should err 

 in the simple blindness of free ignorance, and follow only 

 their own desire as a guide, in those matters which no 

 longer appear to concern others. The surprising thing in 

 all this is that the turmoil unbridled is usually obedient, 

 in part at least, to an unknown law ; the associations and 

 clans and nations of many different standards are usually 

 evolving the same new ideals ; and even the violent champions 

 of liberty, in declaring their people free, usually join in a 

 new concept of authority. 



