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that governs physical forms. There are rudimentary 

 words and letters — remains of ancestral forms ; varia- 

 tions constantly occur, and a struggle for existence 

 goes on between words, and also between various 

 languages. The survival of the fittest perhaps will 

 be evidenced in the future universality of the English 

 tongue. 



Morals, 



Not only form, mind, and speech show the method 

 of Evolution, but morals may be traced upward from 

 the emotions of animals and by observation of savage 

 races of men. Agassiz says that dogs have some- 

 thing very like a conscience. Animals show love 

 and sympathy. Moral sense has been developed by 

 the perception of what is serviceable ; and intuitions 

 of right and wrong, which we call conscience, are in- 

 herited from ancestors, and are the result of their 

 experience. Therefore we may hope for progress 

 as experiences accumulate, and may believe that in 

 the future man will be better than in the past. 



Arts. 



All the arts and sciences, except sculpture and 

 drawing, may be traced from animal origin up to 

 their highest development by man, by the same 

 orderly methods that prevail in the physical world. 

 In fact, every department of nature proves that Evo- 

 lution IS Universal. 



