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of evolution as the gradual realization of ideal values, 

 and to this extent suggests an idealistic philosophy. 

 We may think, of mind as an ideal value which some 

 creative power has realized through a long period of 

 evolution. We may regard evolution as a kind of 

 blossoming-out process, in which life and mind, the 

 love of justice, and the appreciation of beauty, have 

 been achieved through long ages of development. 

 What lies still beyond, we do not know. 



But the future of humanity on this earth will be 

 long — millions of years, we are told. There will be 

 men and women a plenty, and behavior a plenty, and 

 eventually good behavior. In the meantime whole 

 civilizations may collapse in the presence of luxury, 

 moral laxness, and social indifference. Organized in- 

 telligence, such as even now is taking many forms, 

 may avert such disaster — assisted, let us hope, by the 

 emergence of some great devotion, essentially reli- 

 gious in its character. 



