Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... IV. EVIDENCES OF EVOLUTION: THE HUMAN MIND. "A sacred kinship I would not forego Binds me to all that breathes; I am the child of earth and air and sea, My lullaby by hoarse Silurian storms Was chanted. Thro' endless changing forms Of plant and bird and beast, unceasingly The toiling ages wrought to fashion me. So, these large ancestors have left a trace Of their strong souls in mine; I grow and blossom as the tree And ever feel deep delving roots Binding me closer to the common clay. Yet with its airy impulse upward shoots My soul into the realms of light and day." Boyesen. IV. EVIDENCES OF EVOLUTION: THE HUMAN MIND. There is a picture entitled "Evolution of the Soul." It is quite in harmony with modern science. The globe is encircled by a long black sweep of clouds representing the elemental forces of nature. From this midnight wreath, the human form seems slowly to emerge, as you gaze. It is long before one discovers this form; for at one point the cloud is so artfully arranged that it seems like the head of a great animal. One takes many looks at this vast head before he sees the human figure. Then man sits supreme upon the circle of the earth; while dim and shadowy in the background, an angel form is seen. Thus does the artist, by a few skillful strokes, represent the process of development from the primal elements up to spirit! There are those who will agree that the, body of man has been produced by gradual changes from the animal; but who will shrink from the inevitable conclusion of the premises already laid down. They will say: "Surely the soul at least is the direct and instant creation of God. Let the doctrine of evolution be applied everywhere else. Let every other department of the universe be under its sway; but the soul...
