Yet without it mere knowledge is nothing more than contaminated dust. Here, in the wide field of our treatment of other living beings, religion and science are capable of finding a nuity on the very highest level of their separate specialisms. Here the balance born of humane eclecticism can bring about a vital and applicable ethic . . . But it is vitally important, if there is a shred of reason for believing that mankind is working out some evolutionary pattern and accepting an obligation or profound need to grow spiritually, that we do the right things for the right reasons rather than for expediency or lack of alternative. I believe such diehards to be wrong on every count.
Cruelty is indivisible.
Violence is indivisible. What has variously been called karma, the Golden Rule, and so forth, cannot be side-stepped by our tricky minds. It is something that just happens, just ''works'', like night following day. The writing is on the wall - large and clear.