X. _The Cosmic Process exists purely for the Sake of Moral Ends_ 109 XI. _Maternity and the Evolution of Altruism_ 117 XII. _The Omnipresent Ethical Trend_ 127 THE EVERLASTING REALITY OF RELIGION I. "_Deo erexit Voltaire_" 133 II. _The Reign of Law, and the Greek Idea of God_ 147 III. _Weakness of Materialism_ 152 IV. _Religion's First Postulate: the Quasi-Human God_ 163 V. _Religion's Second Postulate: the undying Human Soul_ 168 VI. _Religion's Third Postulate: the Ethical Significance of the Unseen World_ 171 VII. _Is the Substance of Religion a Phantom, or an Eternal Reality?_ 174 VIII. _The Fundamental Aspect of Life_ 177 IX. _How the Evolution of Senses expands the World_ 182 X. _Nature's Eternal Lesson is the Everlasting Reality of Religion_ 186 THE MYSTERY OF EVIL I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I the Lord do all these things.--ISAIAH, xiv. 6, 7. Did not our God bring all this evil upon us?--NEHEMIAH, xiii. 18. Οὐκ ἔοικε δ’ ἡ φύσις ἐπεισοδιώδης οὖσα ἐκ τῶν φαινομένων, ὥσπερ μοχθηρὰ τραγῳδία.--ARISTOTLE, _Metaphysica_, xiii. 3. [Illustration] I _The Serpent's Promise to the Woman_ "Your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." _Genesis_ iii. 5.