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sujects than material and physical welfare, then though its granaries may be full, although there may be hundreds of millions of dollars, pounds or rupees among the people, if philosophy is not there it is a sign of the beast. He says that because only one side of the human nature is advanced, this must be so, but if all sides are taken into consideration and simultaneous progress is made on all, there is real advancement. For this purpose we must progress in the physical, mental and moral nature, and in the spiritual. These are so many different natures of the human being, and when we wish to progress on all these differeni planes we must consider that there are other living beings besides ourselves, who are related to us, and no laws can be established which do not take into consideration the welfare of these living beings. First take into consideration the physical developinent. We know that the body must be healthy, that the right kind of food must be taken, the right kind of exercise and nourishment, and the right kind of clothing worn; all these laws we know, and nothing need be said on that subject; but the real laws he have to learn, even in connection with these things, are to help us to understand the deeper meanings of life. Is it only for our health that we are to have a peculiar kind of diet? Has out that something to do with the mental and moral nature ? This is where our Hindu philosophy lends us some help. We divide
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