Man, theanimal, infact, hasworkedhiswaytotheheadshipofthesentientworld, andhasbecomethesuperbanimalwhichheis, , man', theself-assertion, theunscrupulousseizinguponallthatcanbegrasped, thetenaciousholdingofallthatcanbekept, whichconstitutetheessenceofthestruggleforexistence, , throughoutthesavagestate, manhasbeenlargelyindebtedtothosequalitieswhichheshareswiththeapeandthetiger; hisexceptionalphysicalorganization; hiscunning, hissociability,hiscuriosity, andhisimitativeness; hisruthlessandferociousdestructivenesswhenhisangerisrousedbyopposition.
But, inproportionasmenhavepassedfromanarchytosocialorganization, andinproportionascivilizationhasgrowninworth, , "theapeandtigerdie."Buttheydeclinetosuithisconvenience; andtheunwelcomeintrusionofthesebooncompanionsofhishotyouthintotherangedexistenceofcivillifeaddspainsandgriefs, innumerableandimmeasurablygreat,, civilizedmanbrandsalltheseapeandtigerpromptingswiththenameofsins;hepunishesmanyoftheactswhichflowfromthemascrimes; and, inextremecases, hedoeshisbesttoputanendtothesurvivalofthefittestofformerdaysbyaxeandrope.
Ihavesaidthatcivilizedmanhasreachedthispoint; theassertionisperhapstoobroadandgeneral; ; .
Theheroofourstorydescendedthebean-stalk, andcamebacktothecommonworld, wherefareandworkwerealikehard; whereuglycompetitorsweremuchcommonerthanbeautifulprincesses; , thousandsofyearsago, ; thatitisfullofwonder, fullofbeauty, and, atthesametime, ; tofindoutwhetherthereis, orisnot, asanctionformoralityinthewaysofthecosmos.
