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ELINOR: Nowhere. The evolution of the world has been perfectly necessary, my good John  you don't ask children to play golf before they can walk. ELEANOR NOWHERE THE EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD HAS BEEN PERFECTLY NECESSARY MY GOOD JOHN YOU DON'T ASK CHILDREN TO PLAY GOLF BEFORE THEY CAN WALK
which He has endowed mankind, whom he created--chief of these being common sense. JOHN: Go on. ELINOR: It is hardly likely, then, that He is perpetrating a colossal joke upon His creation by making the whole system experimental. It is conceivable that a brain which could evolve the intricate organism of a minute ant might be far-seeing enough to devise an immutable law which, when our evolution is sufficiently advanced, we shall be able to perceive, and to fall in with its action. JOHN: We are all as yet struggling in the dark, then? ELINOR: More or less. You see time is no object to God--these cycles which to us mean so much may be no more than a day to Him. I think you will admit we have let in a good deal of light in the last hundred years or so. JOHN: Well, yes. But just think, then, of the waste of time all the religions and conventions and superstitions have entailed in the past. It makes one giddy to realize it! Where would we be if we had always understood your basic principle? L THE ATTRIBUTES WITH WHICH HE HAS ENDOWED MANKIND WHOM HE CREATED CHIEF OF THESE BEING COMMON SENSE JOHN GO ON ELEANOR IT IS HARDLY LIKELY THEN THAT HE IS PERPETRATING A COLOSSAL JOKE UPON HIS CREATION BY MAKING THE WHOLE SYSTEM EXPERIMENTAL IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT A BRAIN WHICH COULD EVOLVE THE INTRICATE ORGANISM OF A MINUTE ANT MIGHT BE FAR SEEING ENOUGH TO DEVISE AN IMMUTABLE LAW WHICH WHEN OUR EVOLUTION IS SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED WE SHALL BE ABLE TO PERCEIVE AND TO FALL IN WITH ITS ACTION JOHN WE ARE ALL AS YET STRUGGLING IN THE DARK THEN ELEANOR MORE OR LESS YOU SEE TIME IS NO OBJECT TO GOD THESE CYCLES WHICH TO US MEAN SO MUCH MAY BE NO MORE THAN A DAY TO HIM I THINK YOU WILL ADMIT WE HAVE LET IN A GOOD DEAL OF LIGHT IN THE LAST HALF HUNDRED YEARS OR SO JOHN WELL YES BUT JUST THINK THEN OF THE WASTE OF TIME ALL THE RELIGIONS AND CONVENTIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS HAVE ENTAILED IN THE PAST IT MAKES ONE GIDDY TO REALIZE IT WHERE WOULD WE BE IF WE HAD ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD YOUR BASIC PRINCIPLE
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