Mr. J.S. Mill speaks, in his celebrated work, "Utilitarianism," of the social feelings as a "powerful natural sentiment," and as "the natural basis of sentiment for utilitarian morality," but on the previous page he says, "if, as is my own belief, the moral feelings are not innate, but acquired, they are not for that reason less natural." It is with hesitation that I venture to differ from so profound a thinker, but it can hardly be disputed that the social feelings are instinctive or innate in the lower animals; and why should they not be so in man?

Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.

There is a grandeur in this view of life, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful are being evolved

I long to set foot where no man has trod before.

Nature will tell you a direct lie if she can.

An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.

I have at least, as I hope, done good service in aiding to overthrow the dogma of separate creations.