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absolutely distinct from the gradually evolved and uncom- 

 promising doctrine of the " survival of the fittest." But, you may 

 say, does not this colour-sensitiveness fail in as many cases as 

 evolution ? My answer would be that although colour-sensitive- 

 ness, or harmony in colours, may well be an integral part of a 

 perfect creation, no protection would be needed as long as all 

 animal life lived harmoniously. Was it not Plato who compared 

 man to a chariot and pair striving to ascend to the gods, but in 

 vain, because although one horse had perfect wings, those of its 

 companion had become atrophied. These horses were named 

 " Spirit " and " Flesh." And so to-day, spirit is perfect, but, 

 after Adam's fall, flesh became atrophied, which may, perhaps, 

 account for the many inconsistencies in nature. 



