Plants Are As Responsive To Thought As

A Flower Is An Educated Weed.

The Theory Of Reincarnation, Which Originated In India, Has Been Welcomed In Other Countries. Without Doubt, It Is One Of The Most Sensible And Satisfying Of All Religions That Mankind Has Conceived. This, Like The Others, Comes From The Best Qualities Of Human Nature, Even If In This, As In The Others, Its Adherents Sometimes Fail To Carry Out The Principles In Their Lives.

I Have Seen Myself Lose Intolerance, Narrowness, Bigotry, Complacence, Pride And A Whole Bushel-basket Of Other Intellectual Vices Through My Contact With Nature And With Men. And When You Take Weeds Out Of A Garden It Gives You Room To Grow Flowers. So, Every Time I Lost A Little Self-satisfaction, Or Arrogance, I Could Plant Some Broadness Or Love Of My Own In Its Place, And After A While The Garden Of My Mind Began To Bloom And Be Fragrant And I Found Myself Better Equipped For My Work And More Useful To Others As A Consequence.

In The Span Of My Own Lifetime I Observed Such Wondrous Progress In Plant Evolution That I Look Forward Optimistically To A Healthy, Happy World As Soon As Its Children Are Taught The Principles Of Simple And Rational Living.

And To Think Of This Great Country In Danger Of Being Dominated By People Ignorant Enough To Take A Few Ancient Babylonian Legends As The Canons Of Modern Culture. Our Scientific Men Are Paying For Their Failure To Speak Out Earlier. There Is No Use Now Talking Evolution To These People. Their Ears Are Stuffed With Genesis.