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Show OUT OF THE DARK. Human nature is on the verge of a tremendous change says Professor Edward Ed-ward Can- Hayes, president of the American Sociological society. The impending chance will move us ! into the third stage of the social cvo-; cvo-; lution of man j The first stage was the period of instinct. This was in pre historic days, when man was not far superior . to the animal governed by his Impulses, Im-pulses, passions and desires. He moved mechanically The second stage was the neriod of ' custom This is the period in which we live. , The third stqge lies ahead the Age of Reason, says Professor Hayea. Compared with super humans of tho future, our brains are only in the beginning be-ginning of intelligence We are guided more by custom than by our thinking We wear certain clothes, because the;- aro the style or cuatom. Custom rules us even to our food, our conversation, our ways of dolm: -thing.-. Uur thoughts are governed by styles customs of thinking. Our decisions are regulated by ' what Is customary " Tho period of custom or imitation I in the d' lopiuent of man. Is passing. Time was when slavery, drunken (tess, duelling and polygamy were the ; custom, widely copied. , The early explorers of the earth ;llke Vikings and the Spanish adventurers adven-turers who wrecked the Aztec Civilization Civili-zation were plain pirates and looters 'They became glorified In history be 'cause piracy anil looting were customary-, also considered ethical If prac-' prac-' Heed on other race- of people All these are go:ng out of custom, togetlur with the period when absolute abso-lute monarchs were the accepted custom. cus-tom. What has driven out these customs that once controlled our ancestors? Answer. The dawn of the Age of Reason. Tho Age of Reason is budding into ' full bloom, says Professor Hayes. With its coming will pass out that 'most hideous of all customs war. Human nature does cbange. nn |