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against " god." For the true law of human progress was 

 not yet percMY^gd. The ideal of human confraternity was 

 not yet recognized ; that ideal which the convexed surface 

 of the globe so strongly suggests, and which the greater 

 history of cell life so convincingly teaches. For it is the 

 inestimable privilege of our science to narrate the rise of 

 the cell-of-life and demonstrate the' method and law of its 

 progress ; to found natural salvation and uphold a new 

 ideal; to confirm the doctrine of human brotherhood as 

 taught by the Founder of the Christian religion and, inci- 

 dentally, to show why that sublime doctrine has for nine- 

 teen centurfes appealed so strongly to the human heart ; 

 because it is a law of terrestrial life and a necessity to 

 further human progress. 



The advisability of peace and good-will among men had 

 been taught before the Christian era, and the advantages 

 of harmonious action set forth by others ; but the person- 

 age who appears in history as Joshua, or Jesus, was the 

 first who profoundly /eZ< and lived it, and gave his life for 

 it. In his mind glowed that divine ideal of a " kingdom 

 of God " arising from brotherly love and that mutual co- 

 operation and union of all humanity which alone can 

 insure salvation under nature. Biology endorses with a 

 cordial reverence the tremendous efficacy of that ideal 

 and shows it to be in line with the whole progress of life 

 on the earth. Science now labors for the realization of 

 that ideal. Every other doctrine of the Christian faith 



