It Is Just Because Civilization Is Ever

A Drunkard Is One Thing, And A Temperate Man Is Quite Another.

Civilization, We Shall Find, Like Universalism And Christianity, Is Anti Evolutionary In Its Effects; It Works Against The Laws And Conditions Which Regulated The Earlier Stages Of Man's Ascent.

Whichever Theory We Adopt To Give A Rational Explanation Of Human Existence, That Theory Must Take Into Account And Explain The Mental Nature We See At Work In All Modern Communities.

Civilization Never Stands Still; If In One Country It Is Falling Back, In Another It Is Changing, Evolving, Becoming More Complicated, Bringing Fresh Experience To Body And Mind, Breeding New Desires, And Exploiting Nature's Cupboard For Their Satisfaction.

There Are Very Few Men And Women In Whom A Universalist Feeling Is Altogether Lacking; Its Prevalence Suggests That It Must Be Part Of Our Inborn Nature And Have A Place In Nature's Scheme Of Evolution.