In my early unregenerate
days I used to think that only material forces and natural laws
were operative throughout the world. But these I now see are
hopelessly inadequate to explain this mystery and wonder and
variety of life. I am, as you know, absolutely convinced that
behind and beyond all elementary processes there is a guiding and
directive force; a Divine power or hierarchy of powers, ever
controlling these processes so that they are tending to more
abundant and to higher types of life."
This led Dr. Wallace to refer to my published lecture on "Creative
Thought" and express his hearty concurrence with the line of
argument therein; in fact he had already sent me his views, which,
with his consent, I published as a postscript to that lecture.
Then our conversation turned upon recent political events, and it
was remarkable how closely he had followed, and how heartily he
approved, the legislation of the Liberal Government of the day.
His admiration for Mr. Lloyd George was unfeigned. "To think that
I should have lived to see so earnest and democratic a Chancellor
of the Exchequer!" he exclaimed, and he confidently awaited still
larger measures which would raise the condition of the workers to
a higher level; and nothing was more striking than his intense
sympathy with every movement for the relief of poverty and the
betterment of the wage-earning classes.
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