4577. A CHARACTERISTIC MARK OF THE EVIL AND THE GOOD. A characteristic mark of the evil, is, that the ideas of their thought and speech are wont to commence from good, but they end in evil; and of the good, that the ideas of their thought and speech may commence from evil, but they end in good: for, with the evil, evil is universally dominant, hence they are swayed thither; but, with the good, good is universally dominant, therefore their ideas are swayed thither. What is universally dominant is the end, and the standard of affirmation; so that it is a plane towards which [all things gravitate].