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GENESIS THE MIRACLES AND THE PREDICTIONS ACCORDING TO SPIRITISM > PROPHECIES IN THE LIGHT OF SPIRITISM > CHAPTER XVIII - THE TIME HAS ARRIVED > Signs of Time > 18
18. The vast proportion of intellectual progress which has been accomplished is a great step, and marks the first phase of humanity; but alone, it is impotent to regenerate it. So long as man will be governed by pride and selfishness he will use his intelligence and his knowledge for the profit of his passions and personal interests. For this reason he applies them to the perfection of means for injuring others and of destroying them.