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ress. Protoplasm passed on to another and higher 

 state, where it assumed definite form, and in con- 

 sequence of taking upon itself this form both 

 perished and progressed. Its form fell away in 

 time; it was said to die. In the higher and complex 

 forms of life the individual was temporarily sub- 

 merged that the race as a whole might advance. 

 This individual submergence was only apparent, 

 however, it being but a necessary step to the 

 development of a higher and more complete 

 individuality. 



The changes in the attitude of the community as 

 a whole, and in the internal life of the comnriunity 

 are but the working out of the law of progress on 

 a higher plane, and are fraught with the gravest 

 significance. Examined closely they will be seen 

 to contain the conditions of man's progress, that is, 

 the conditions for the expression of the highest 

 degree of individuality. 



In approaching toward the feminine type the 

 community as a whole is seen to have freed itself 

 from the more extreme expression of the mascu- 

 line characteristics only, — it has become modified, 

 its sharp angles rounded. 



Courage remains, desire to fight for the sake of 

 fighting goes. Energy finds expression in other 

 and nobler directions. Thus the community, in 

 acquiring certain of the feminine characteristics, 

 as altruism and stability, does not discard all of 

 the masculine characteristics. On the contrary, 



