Heredity, health and personal beauty.

  • Shoemaker, John V. (John Veitch), 1852-1910.
Date:
1890
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    CHAPTER IV. PAoa Man's SPIBITI u. PLACE in NATURE 63 hief obstacle to universal acceptance of the truth of the theory of evo- . lution. The law ol evolution does not conflict with the teachings of the Scriptures rightly read. The impossibility of acoepting some things in the Old Testament Literally. The language ol the Scriptures was i to men from the stand-poinl of the physical knowledge thai they possessed. The presumption of the agnostic. The perfectcom- patibilitj of belief in the Scriptures with the doctrine of evolution. jwer to the supposititious question of a materialist. Spencer's and Darwin's idea of the .•volution of the conscience aoi correct. D u-win's singular incompetency in such discussions Bbown bj ;i <ju<>ta- tion from his own writings. Dickens cited in support of the author's view. Conscience to be regarded as a creation appearing at the epoch man's physical existence when the attribute could subserve wise pur] CHAPTER V. Man's Physical Place in Nature, 11 The difference between the educated man and the savage. Strange similarities and dissimilarities to be observed in all manifestations of l i,-. The evident derivation of man from some type of being far below the type that represents his present status in creation. Em- bryonic traits. The likenessof the anthropoid apes to man. Different types of brain conformation. Huxley's discussion of the similarities between the brains of some of the anthropoid apes and that of man. The human brain enormously larger than that of any ape. Dr. Maudsley's remarks on some singular likenesses between the actions of certain human beings with arrested brain development and those of the lower animals. Darwin*.- conclusion from his examination of the expression of the emotions by man and the lower animals Tt is positively denied that man is descended from any existing type of ape or monkey. The day will arrive when the subject will be examined dispassionately, and man be glad to find himself the descendant of a lower form, as giving the best promise for a glorious future in earthly life. CHAPTER VI. Phenomena of Evolution i\ the Present Era, . . 89 Man's insane pride clouds Ins reason. TTe makes his God like unto him- self. Scientific knowledge the best teacher of humility. The dis- proved theory of past ages, that everything was made for man. Perception of evolution is obscured by lack of perspective. Some of the niONtil evolution of modern times. The times of the French monarchy contrasted with our own. The physical, moral, and mental worlds are all alike controlled by the law of evolution. CHAPTER VII. The Sentiment of the Beautiful, ..... 95 A beauty ? Sense of beauty differs only on account of difference in mental and moral endowments. The picturesque a ne-.'. senBe f beauty as compared with many other Bpecies. What nstitutes tin- picturesque a- contradistinguished from the ideally beautiful. Final conclusions.