48 EVOLUTION MADE PLAIN 
The time is near when the conduct of man in 
every field of endeavor will be tested by the 
standard of loyalty and devotion to the com¬ 
mon good. Certain gainful occupations in¬ 
jurious to the common welfare are already gone 
or going. Eliminated as unfit will be the greedy 
parasites that fasten themselves onto the so¬ 
cial body on pretense of aiding some industry 
to function, and -who give little or nothing in 
return for the public pap that fills their maws 
to repletion—eliminated just as Nature elimi¬ 
nates the animal that would bring degeneracy 
to its species. They will be forced to take up 
a work wherein their services shall equal their 
pay. The route between the producer and the 
consumer will be shortened, and the two will 
stand nearer on a level—as viewed from the 
price of the product. 
This lesson from the book of Nature we have 
been studying has a universal application. Its 
truths are applicable in every field and de¬ 
partment wherein man and his activities are 
employed—in private conduct, religion, govern¬ 
ment and industry. 
* * * 
Of all animals man is most subject to dis¬ 
ease and defect in body and in mind. Sickly, 
or mal-formed wild animals are so rare as sel¬ 
dom to be seen. This is almost as true of domes¬ 
ticated animals, though epidemics sometimes 
sweep them off. Animals mentally defective 
are almost unknown. But man is assailed with 
a thousand ailments. Defective organs, func¬ 
tional disorders, chronic invalidism are com¬ 
mon. Malformations of body, also of brain 
