The Progress of the Race 
None of these, perhaps, will survive the 
new revelation; but the soul of those who 
shall up to the end have fulfilled the mis- 
sion that is pre-eminently the mission of 
man, must inevitably be in the front rank 
of all to welcome this revelation; and 
should they learn therefrom that indiffer- 
ence, or resignation to the unknown, is 
the veritable duty, they will be better 
equipped than the others for the compre- 
hension of this final resignation and in- 
difference, better able to turn these to 
account. 
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But such speculations may well be 
avoided. Let not the possibility of gen- 
eral annihilation blur our perception of 
the task before us; above all, let us not 
count on the miraculous aid of chance. 
Hitherto, the promises of our imagina- 
tion notwithstanding, we have always been 
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