45 
EVOLUTION MADE I LAIN 
zone, from the pre-human to the man of Galilee, 
from the sinless state of the lower animals and 
of the child-man to the sinless perfection of the 
divine, the whole race, ’mid struggles and 
trials and sorrows and anguish, must pass, is 
passing. 
NATURAL SELECTION AND FUTURE 
PROGRESS 
Every truth man has discovered, every sound 
moral precept, is rooted in Nature. She is the 
rough model to be followed by man if his in¬ 
stitutions are to endure. He goes wrong when 
he opposes her laws; he is right when he is in 
agreement with her, refining away her crude¬ 
ness. Man creates nothing; he can only imi¬ 
tate, often poorly. He boasts of his works— 
really they are the product of Nature working 
through him, using him as an instrument. 
We have seen that Nature does not hesitate 
to destroy the individual if the species to which 
it belongs is thereby benefitted. She looks be¬ 
yond the present generation to the welfare ot 
the race that is to be, thus teaching us the 
highest morality we can know, the broadest 
religion, i, e., that the good of the race, the 
COMMON GOOD, is all important, and that the 
individual should willingly sacrifice his labor, 
his life, when the good of humanity demands it. 
Jesus Christ, Socrates, and a host of less 
known martyrs have proved their devotion to 
the common good by making the supreme sac¬ 
rifice. In so doing they have hewn to the line 
