Undertheprecedingheads, Ihaveendeavouredtorepresentinbroad, butIhopefaithful, outlinestheessentialfeaturesofthestateofnatureandofthatcosmicprocessofwhichitistheoutcome, sofaraswasneedfulformyargument; Ihavecontrastedwiththestateofnaturethestateofart, producedbyhumanintelligenceandenergy, asitisexemplifiedbyagarden; andIhaveshownthatthestateofart,hereandelsewhere, , Ihavepointedoutthatthe "horticulturalprocess," whichthussetsitselfagainstthe "cosmicprocess" isopposedtothelatterinprinciple, insofarasittendstoarrestthestruggleforexistence, byrestrainingthemultiplicationwhichisoneofthechiefcausesofthatstruggle, andbycreatingartificialconditionsoflife, ,thoughtheprogressivemodification, whichistheconsequenceofthestruggleforexistenceinthestateofnature, isatanend, suchmodificationmaystillbeeffectedbythatselection, inviewofanidealofusefulness, orofpleasantness, toman, ofwhichthestateofnatureknowsnothing.
