Chapter VIII. Intimations By Winter: An Ambassador Summoned

           

           Amongtheforceswhichsweepandplaythroughouttheuniverse,untutoredmanisbutawispinthewind.Ourcivilisationisstillinamiddlestage,scarcelybeast,inthatitisnolongerwhollyguidedbyinstinct;scarcelyhuman,inthatitisnotyetwhollyguidedbyreason.Onthetigernoresponsibilityrests.Weseehimalignedbynaturewiththeforcesoflife—heisbornintotheirkeepingandwithoutthoughtheisprotected.Weseemanfarremovedfromthelairsofthejungles,hisinnateinstinctsdulledbytoonearanapproachtofree-will,hisfree-willnotsufficientlydevelopedtoreplacehisinstinctsandaffordhimperfectguidance.

           Heisbecomingtoowisetohearkenalwaystoinstinctsanddesires;heisstilltooweaktoalwaysprevailagainstthem.Asabeast,theforcesoflifealignedhimwiththem;asaman,hehasnotyetwhollylearnedtoalignhimselfwiththeforces.Inthisintermediatestagehewavers—neitherdrawninharmonywithnaturebyhisinstinctsnoryetwiselyputtinghimselfintoharmonybyhisownfree-will.Heisevenasawispinthewind,movedbyeverybreathofpassion,actingnowbyhiswillandnowbyhisinstincts,erringwithone,onlytoretrievebytheother,fallingbyone,onlytorisebytheother—acreatureofincalculablevariability.Wehavetheconsolationofknowingthatevolutioniseverinaction,thattheidealisalightthatcannotfail.Hewillnotforeverbalancethusbetweengoodandevil.

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