ages, for where the spirit of self-indulgence is, the means for its gratification will be immediately adopted, without considering the good of others or of the community—selfishness is always blind—, and the fruits of that gratification will be rapidly reaped.
The building of pleasant houses and the planting of beautiful gardens can never, of itself, constitute an ideal city unless its inhabitants have learned that self-sacrifice is better than self-protection, and have first established in their own hearts a city of divine love. When a sufficient number of men and women have done this, the ideal city will appear, and it will flourish and prosper, and great will be its peace, for out of the heart are the issues of life.
Having found that selfishness is the root cause of all competition and strife the question naturally arises as to how this cause shall be dealt with, for it naturally follows that a cause being destroyed, all its effects cease; a cause being propagated, all its effects, however they may be modified from without, must continue. Every man
