INTRODUCTION 



condemn the whole doctrine'? They remember, only 

 too well, the haughty assurance of the Darwinians 

 that evolution was a demonstrated fact and not a 

 faith, and that natural selection was an adequate 

 cause. And with popular acceptance of these asser- 

 tions as truths, society was reorganized according to 

 the philosophy of naturalism with the universe a 

 machine. If now, the biologists cannot tell us how 

 evolution will proceed in the future and what causes 

 variations, how can we predict what we should do or 

 how apply evolution to guide us socially and ethical- 

 ly*? As a laboratory science evolution does not espe- 

 cially interest us. 



While this note of uncertainty and confusion is 

 clearly apparent in the minds of the biologists, they 

 seem to miss the point that evolution is a far broader 

 subject than a laboratory problem in biology; that it 

 is one affecting the entire physical and spiritual out- 

 look of man. Instead of aiding society to re-orientate 

 itself, they still try to soothe us into quiescence by 

 saying our knowledge merely is lacking but the mech- 

 anistic method still remains the only true "open 

 sesame." Let us, therefore, withdraw for a time from 

 discussing evolution and its applications and gather 

 more facts until we have sufficient data wherewith to 

 give the solution to the world. They cannot under- 

 stand that it is not more facts which are needed but 

 some little indication to show that the laws of physics 

 are adequate to include life and its attributes. Theyi 



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