He sent them into nation after nation, with the mission to gather out of that nation those who appeared to be the most promising for the work which He had to carry out.

They tried in various fashions, sometimes by direct invitation, where the characteristic that was being sought was clearly developed, namely, the lower mind.

It was the development of the lower manas that was the keynote of the selection; for the Fifth Root-Race was to show out that development of the lower manas.

I say "lower manas" rather than "manas"; because the full development of the manasic principle in man is reserved for the Fifth Round, and not for the Fourth, and we, of course, are still in the Fourth Round.

That Fourth Round, pre-eminently kamic, must necessarily color every evolution which goes on during its existence, and high as we may strive to raise manasic powers amongst us, we cannot escape from the fundamental vice of our birth, from the manasic standpoint, that we are plunged in kamic matter, and that the matter in which we work is matter of the Fourth Round, adapted to the kamic principle, and not matter of the Fifth, adapted to the manasic.