land and its
people wiped out of existence entirely.

"Many millions of Apemen who inhabited the balance of the globe at that
time must also have perished from the effects of the awful convulsion
which no doubt shook the earth to its core. And so it was, I presume,
the upset atmospheric conditions of the earth resulting from this
catastrophe, forty-two hundred and thirty years ago, that is responsible
for the legend by which the Apeman blames the Creator for sending a
flood to destroy the inhabitants of the world, good and bad alike.

"But notwithstanding his superior intellectuality the Sageman was far
from being infallible. He often made mistakes as he relentlessly
struggled along in search of knowledge. Natural Law teaches that the
main object of life is to absorb, concentrate and utilize intelligence.
Intelligence rules the universe. The Sageman considered it his duty to
first control himself, then the earth, and finally the universe. But he
became impatient, and wanted to explore the heavens before he had
assimilated all terrestrial life, and concentrated sufficient power to
insure success. He was anxious to control new worlds before he had put
his own into the best order. Had he waited until the Apeman and other
living particles could have reached the same state of intelligence as
himself, and then concentrated and utilized the combined mental strength
of the whole to solve the great problem, no doubt he would have been
more successful in his first attempt at universal navigation.

"However, he tried and failed, and by that failure thoroughly
demonstrated the futility of one part of humanity trying to rush ahead
of the whole, and the absolute necessity for all mankind to work
unitedly and harmoniously, and go forward as a unit to accomplish the
greatest results within its power."

"But," inquired I, "what law or chance was it that destroyed all of your
countrymen, and still preserved you through all these ages?"

"That is the most remarkable circumstance of the whole affair," answered
Arletta, as she cast a loving glance in the direction of the leader of
the band, and then, reverently pointing toward him, she continued, "he
was the foremost man of his day, and it was generally conceded by all of
our people that he was the greatest man the earth ever produced. Like
Sage, the founder of our government, he lived entirely fox others. His
sole aim in life was to make better the conditions of all living things;
to