Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Morality of Nature
A man now Of mature years, who began his reading when the epoch-making works Of Charles Robert Darwin were new books, has been privileged to share in a marvellous period Of human advancement. The new discoveries in those sciences which explore the prehistoric past of the world, and especially those which pertain to the progress Of life have promoted that central idea expressed by the word evolution from the status Of a theory to that Of an established principle - a necessary part of the educational equipment Of any thinking man. He who does not recognize evolution today is in the same class with those who do not believe that the earth is round. These are no longer questions to be argued, they are facts which are established in proofs so convincing that a little reading is all that is needed to make them clear. TO provide that little reading in regard to evolution is one of the purposes of this book. It is treated last because it is here only accessory to the chief arguments which precede it; but a reader who so desires may go over this explanation Of evolution first. It is broad and general rather than Of de tailed completeness. It will not satisfy the biologist any more than a landscape-painter's view of a forest scene would satisfy a botanist; but it has advantages nevertheless. The prime purpose of this work is the consideration Of Man as a participant in this great Evolution forward and upward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
