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In this element we have seen, we have the basis of progression. 

 Progression in the past being thus the result of natural and neces- 

 sary laws, must be perennial. The future of our race is thus as- 

 sured. We are relieved from the misgiving, the dread, lest the 

 world is getting worse, mankind becoming more wicked and de- 

 praved — a nightmare that haunts the minds of very many good 

 people, but which is totally irreconcilable with the belief in the 

 wisdom and goodness of the Eternal. 



