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 derly and the suitable are saved. It should be very clearly distinguished that survival of the fittest is true, not in the sense of fittest merely to exist, but fittest for use. Natural law, as it is but the outward expression of spiritual law, works out the fulfillment of the Divine law that "Evil shall slay the wicked," "The righteous shall inherit the land."

The struggle for existence among the healthy, law-abiding, energetic, and wise is a means not only of development, but a source of the greatest enjoyment through activity and the conquest of difficulty.

We can see in the law a Divine provision for human as well as for general development. It is a merciful law, because it eliminates the unfitted, lessens pain by removing the weak and the sickly, and provides the minimum of suffering. The moral motive in cosmic processes is everywhere present in nature's processes, because there is no