Evolution in General 



llzed scientific thought toward Nature action and the sepa- 

 rate Sciences were quickly woven Into the fabric of the 

 creative whole. This book revealed the fact that there Is 

 a universal method of growth and that all Nature action 

 is governed by laws In perfect harmony with the entire 

 plan. It was through this mental achievement that Charles 

 Darwin Is regarded by most great thinkers as one of the 

 greatest thinkers of all time. His conclusions form the 

 fountain head and reservoir where our organized knowl- 

 edge of Evolution began. 



The waves of human thought now became like unto a 

 mighty sandblast cutting away the very foundations of 

 human beliefs. No other book ever printed has aroused so 

 much controversy among thinking people. No other sub- 

 ject within living memory has so challenged traditional 

 beliefs, revolutionized the world of Nature and moulded, 

 congealed and crystallized human thought as has that of 

 Evolution. It has been on the firing lines of controversy 

 for three-quarters of a century. Bitter controversies raged 

 over the principles of Evolution throughout the entire 

 world. It challenged the traditional beliefs in the method 

 of Creation and world-wide traditional beliefs are not easily 

 broken down or destroyed. These attacks have only served 

 to make It stronger and more easily understood. Instead of 

 yielding ground, it has advanced to a point of almost uni- 

 versal acceptance among thinking people. Its chief creden- 

 tial lies In the fact that its principles are persuasive, con- 

 vincing and unanswerable and that no imagination of man 

 could have developed a story so wonderful, or worked out 

 a plot so intricate and complete and that at the same time 



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