"  There  is  no  difference  between  us
in  reality,"  she  said:  "you  would
found  your  political  economy  on  the
teachings  of  Christ,  and  I  my  religion.
If  we  realize  the  unity  of  life,  we
must  make  our  religion  our  law,  and
our  law  our  religion.  Sometimes  I
think  the  hand  of  the  Lord  is  in  it,
for  surely,  surely,  there  never  was  a
nobler  man  on  earth  than  you."


XIX

For  the  race  is  run   by  one  and  one  and
never  by  two  and  two.
KIPLING.
"  "!• '^^O  you  remember  the  name
P         •    of  that    man  we  knew,"
M     J    said  Adam  one  day,  "who
wrote  a  book  to  prove  the  immortality
of  the  body  ?    He  did  prove  that  various
people  had  lived  well   on  to  two  hun
dred  years.      If  we  were  sure  of  that,
we    might    get    the    earth  very  fairly
started."

Robin  laughed.  "  We  are  not  ap
parently  growing  any  older,"  she
said ;  "  but  we  can  hardly  count  on
more  than  a  hundred  years  each."

"  There  is  one  thing  you  have  n't
taken  into  consideration,"  said  Adam.
