The  stars  in  their  courses  fight  for  the  cause  that  is
founded  upon  natural  right,  which  in  human  rela-
tions does  not  mean  the  right  of  the  strong  to
trample  upon  the  weak,  but  the  right  of  all  to  their
full  measure  of  free  development.
Right  and  wrong  are,  of  course,  finite  terms,  and

apply  only  in  the  human  sphere.  Universal  Nature,

as  it  appears  among  non-living  bodies  and  forces,

knows  neither  right  nor  wrong;  it  knows  only

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ACCEPTING  THE  UNIVERSE

might.  As  it  appears  among  the  orders  below  man,
it  knows  neither  right  nor  wrong.  Physics  and  chem-
istry have  no  consciousness;  neither  have  beasts  or
bacteria;  but  man  has,  and  this  fact  will  in  time
determine  the  whole  course  of  human  history.
Naturalism  makes  for  righteousness,  or  right-
mindedness,  as  surely  as  it  makes  for  health  and
longevity.
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THE  PROBLEM  OF  EVIL

I

HOW  has  the  problem  of  evil  tried  men's  souls!  "^
How  have  their  gods  failed  to  live  up  to  the
character  they  have  given  them!  How  have  they
confused  our  moral  standards!  The  trouble  hes  in  a
misconception  of  the  nature  of  evil,  and  in  a  false
idea  of  the  universe  itself.
