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? ? ? ? 'What else did you run across?' I asked.

? ? ? ? His brows drew in slightly with the mental effort of suitably phrasing thoughts which he had never before put into speech. I felt an elation of spirit. I was groping in his soul-stuff, as he made a practice of groping in the soul-stuff of others. I was exploring virgin territory. A strange, a terribly strange region was unrolling itself before my eyes.

? ? ? ? 'In as few words as possible,' he began, 'Spencer puts it something like this: First, a man must act for his own benefit- to do this is to be moral and good. Next, he must act for the benefit of his children. And third, he must act for the benefit of his race.'

? ? ? ? 'And the highest, finest right conduct,' I interjected, 'is that act which benefits at the same time the man, his children, and his race.'

? ? ? ? 'I wouldn't stand for that,' he replied.


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