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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: the mind of each man solely on his OWN welfare,
the salvation of his OWN soul or body. These two forces
have therefore been disruptive to the last degree; they mark
the culmination of the Self-conscious Age--a culmination in
War, Greed, Materialism, and the general principle of Devil-
take-the-hindmost--and the clearing of the ground for the
new order which is to come. So there is hope for
the human race. Its evolution is not all a mere formless
craze and jumble. There is an inner necessity by which
Humanity unfolds from one degree or plane of consciousness
to another. And if there has been a great 'Fall' or Lapse
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
