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will be all the better for higher uses. It is to be 

 transformed, transfigured. The eye may not see so 

 far, it ■will be better fitted for perceiving all the beau- 

 ties of art and nature. It will become a better means 

 of expressing personality, as our personality becomes 

 more "fit to be seen." It is continually gaining a 

 speech of its own. And will not the ear become 

 more delicate, a better instrument for responding to 

 the finest harmonies, and better gateway to our high- 

 est feelings ? We may not have so many molar teeth 

 for chewing food, but may not our mouths become 

 ever finer instruments for speech and song ? In other 

 words, the body is to be transfigured by the mind and 

 become its worthy servant and representative. 



As we learn to live for something better than food 

 and clothes, and cease to pamper the body, it will be- 

 come better and healthier. Science will stamp out 

 many diseases, and we shall learn to prevent others by 

 right living. And what a change in our moral and 

 religious life will be made by good health. What a 

 cheerful courage and hope it will give. 



Man will become more intelligent. He will learn 

 the laws of heredity and of life in general. He will 

 see deeper into the relations of things. He will 

 recognize in himself and his environment the laws of 

 progress. He will clearly discern great moral truths, 

 where we but dimly see lights and shadows. 



But while we would not underestimate the value 

 and necessity of growth in knowledge, we must as 

 clearly recognize that the intellect is not the centre 

 and essence of man's being. Knowledge, while the 

 surest form of wealth of which no one can rob us, and 

 the best as the stepping-stone to the highest well- 



