d. He saw also, upon the top thereof, certain
persons walking, who were clothed all in gold. Then said
Christian, May we go in thither?

"Then the Interpreter took him and led him up toward the door of
the palace; and, behold, at the door stood a great company of
men, as desirous to go in, but durst not. There also sat a man at
a little distance from the door at a table-side, to take the name
of him that should enter therein; he saw also that in the
door-way stood many men in armour, to keep it, being resolved to
do to the men that would enter what hurt and mischief they could.
Now was Christian somewhat in amaze. At last, when every man
started back for fear of the armed men, Christian saw a man of a
very stout countenance come up to the man that sat there to
write, saying, Set down my name, Sir; the which when he had done,
he saw the man draw his sword, and put an helmet upon his head,
and rush toward the door upon the armed men, who laid upon him
with deadly force; but the man, not at all discouraged, fell to
cutting and hacking most fiercely. So after he had received and
given many wounds to those that attempted to keep him out, he cut
his way through them all, and pressed forward into the palace, at
which there was a pleasant voice heard from those that were
within, even of those that walked upon the top of the palace
saying:

"'Come in, come in;
Eternal glory thou shalt win.'

"So he went in, and was clothed in such garments as they.

"Then Christian smiled, and said, I think verily I know the
meaning of this."--Bunyan's, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 44.

If you wish to climb the Matterhorn many paths lead up the lower
slopes, and a stumble here may cost you only a sprain. And I suppose
that several paths lead to the base of the cone. But thence to the
summit there is but one path, and a misstep means death. Pardon
these quotations and illustrations. They are my only means of at all
adequately presenting to you a scientific man's conception of the
meaning of the struggle for life. The laws of evolution are written
in blood and bear the death penalty. For

"Life is not as idle ore,
But iron dug from central gloom,
And heated hot with burning fears,
And dipt in baths of hissing tears,
And battered with the shocks of doom
To shape and use."

There would seem therefor