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Out of that dream he must wake, and face things as they really are. The conquest of Nature is complete, may we not say? OUT OF THAT DREAM HE MUST WAKE AND FACE THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE THE CONQUEST OF NATURE IS COMPLETE MAY WE NOT SAY
gle; all his morals, laws, religion, are in fact the outcome and the reflection of this ceaseless toil of earning his livelihood. Time passed, and little by little, step by step, he grew stronger, till now after all these ages he has almost completely conquered Nature, and one would think should now have leisure to turn his thoughts towards higher things than procuring to-morrow’s dinner. But, alas! his progress has been broken and halting; and though he has indeed conquered Nature and has her forces under his control to do what he will with, he still has himself to conquer, he still has to think how he will best use those forces which he has mastered. At present he uses them blindly, foolishly, as one driven by mere fate. It would almost seem as if some phantom of the ceaseless pursuit of food which was once the master of the savage was still hunting the civilized man; who toils in a dream, as it were, haunted by mere dim unreal hopes, borne of vague recollections of the days gone by. MITED BY THIS CONSTANT STRUGGLE ALL HIS MORALS LAW RELIGION ARE IN FACT THE OUTCOME AND THE REFLECTION OF THIS CEASELESS TOIL OF EARNING HIS LIVELIHOOD TIME PASSED AND LITTLE BY LITTLE STEP BY STEP HE GREW STRONGER TILL NOW AFTER ALL THESE AGES HE HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY CONQUERED NATURE AND ONE WOULD THINK SHOULD NOW HAVE LEISURE TO TURN HIS THOUGHTS TOWARDS HIGHER THINGS THAN PROCURING TO MORROW'S DINNER BUT ALAS HIS PROGRESS HAS BEEN BROKEN AND HALTING AND THOUGH HE IS INDEED CONQUERED NATURE AND HAS HER FORCES UNDER HIS CONTROL TO DO WHAT HE WILL WITH HE STILL HAS HIMSELF TO CONQUER HE STILL HAS TO THINK HOW HE WILL BEST USE THOSE FORCES WHICH HE HAS MASTERED AT PRESENT HE USES THEM BLINDLY FOOLISHLY AS ONE DRIVEN BY MERE FATE IT WOULD ALMOST SEEM AS IF SOME PHANTOM OF THE CEASELESS PURSUIT OF FOOD WHICH WAS ONCE THE MASTER OF THE SAVAGE WAS STILL HUNTING THE CIVILIZED MAN WHO TOILS IN A DREAM AS IT WERE HAUNTED BY MERE DIM UNREAL HOPES BORN OF VAGUE RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DAYS GONE BY
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