Brief Notes

THE CHILD OF ALTRUISM ALONE SURVIVES When the drone-bee – the male – has accomplished his purpose, he is ruthlessly stung to death by the workers. He is no longer needed in the community: That he would live for life’s sake, that he would buzz for...

Lull in the Truth

“As a snow bank grows where there is a lull in the wind, so where there is a lull in the truth, institutions spring up; by and by the truth blows over them and takes them away.” (Thoreau.) All forms of tyranny have their beginning in kindness. * * * *...

Law of Compensation

All advances in one structure imply degradation of some other. The specialization of the human hand has been at the cost of the human foot. The power to live by his wits has taken from man something of the strength and spryness of his ape-like ancestors. To have...

Vairag before Conversion

The child has about as many nerve-veils as the adult. They differ from those of the adult in form. Those of the child are mostly round, whereas those of the adult have very many branches with which they connect with the other cells. Nervous growth seems to consist...