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they, too, will pass forever from the consciousness of those who pursued such ends. Is it not all in vain? Is it not infantile vision? What good is all that mass of humanity? Since the dawn of earth’s creation it has not yet served itself. Its greatest violence against itself lies yet in the future. Of what use has it been to any other world? It does not even believe in the existence of other worlds, except in primitive derision. Oh, a few have the vision and the awareness, true. But a few on earth have always had the high and true vision. These ever-present few who, by the dynamic of the love of pure learning, keep the thread of essence alive, justify the hope that earth will come one day into the light of perfection. “«¢ What does earth have today, Adam, except the little fun- damental learning that has been given to its history by these few? Yes, you may, say, human life is valuable, but without thinking and learning, human life becomes less valuable than that of a daisy. All humans would perish if left to survive as animals do, by nature and instinct. Without spirit and knowledge, a human being becomes ferocious even beyond the natural limits of animals. A human can devolve to as infinite a savagery as he can evolve to an or 1 cotoo4 1 infinite sphere of splendorous beauty. “ ““That is the one and only purpose, all that is willed to your planet, earth: to one day stand at the decisive point, when it will devolve back to destruction, or evolve unto heaven. It will not be a time of gentle decision, Adam, for that decision must be made in the fire of Armageddon. «<< Our own world had to make that same decision ages ago. We entered our new estate from the ashes of our struggle. We have been aspiring ever since to a heaven-like glory. Evil in our world does not exist; only the love of pure learning. Anything short of the zest for learning, any ignorance due to apathy, and any consequences of these shortcomings are in our world what you would call evil in yours. «co Do you not agree, Adam, that evil is willful ignorance? “With that she ended her introduction of me to herself and 51 THE DANCE IN A GLASS