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as their bodily nature is concerned. We destroy the growth of another being that our bodily growth may be accelerated. And we call it the real growth. I that is the real growth a murderer is justified in his crime because in many instances he is justified by reason of his peculiar circumstances.
Bodily growth follows in accordance with the developed physical forces within us. A desire to survive at the sacrifice of our fellow-beings implies that the soul has not yet arrived at the condition in which it can do without this destructive propensity. It implies ignorance as to the real modes of life; it also implies the absence of the higher capacities of tbe soul. Destroying one thing so that another may thrive simply means a constant war among the different parts of the upiverse. It means inharmony. Inharmony can never produce harmony which is the first requisite of real progress. The law of harmony is supreme everywhere. Two jarring particles at constant war with each other can never be in a happy state. A family of several members cannot be happy if every member is fighting with the other and tries to drive the greatest benefit for himself at the cost of some other member. Such a family ultimately goes out of existence. For this reason all the religions of the world have proclaimed from times immemorial the rule of universal love for all. Unfortunately the disciples of the Bible bave in their preaching limited the practice
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