in the seed, so the relation of cause and effect is intimate and inseparable. An effect, also, is vivified and propagated by the life and impulse existing in the cause, not by any life inherent in itself.
Looking out upon the world, we behold it as an arena of strife in which individuals, communities, and nations are constantly engaged in struggle, striving with each other for superiority, and for the largest share of worldly possessions. We see, also, that the weaker fall out defeated, and that the strong—those who are equipped to pursue the combat with undiminished ardour—obtain the victory, and enter into possession. And along with this struggle we see the suffering which is inevitably connected with it: men and women, broken down with the weight of their responsibilities, failing in their efforts and losing all; families and communities broken up, and nations subdued and subordinated. We see seas of tears, telling of unspeakable anguish and grief; we see painful partings and early and unnatural deaths; and we know that this
