THE DOGMA OF EVOLUTION 



or dualism, has been extended to all physical phe- 

 nomena, largely by the work of Einstein. If we ex- 

 plain all phenomena in terms of one principle, for 

 example, energy, what then is energy? And how shall 

 we explain it except in terms of what we have already 

 declared was explained by energy? Such it seems to 

 me is the hopeless problem of all those who attempt 

 to build a monistic philosophy. 



The most extravagant form of this philosophy is 

 for the human mind, which explains all physical 

 phenomena by thought, to attempt to explain thought 

 in terms of physical phenomena; and this is attempt- 

 ed in spite of the fact that our observation and 

 experience teach us there is no causal relation be- 

 tween the two. Beyond affirming that such a relation 

 exists, no biologist has given any proof that matter 

 acted upon by any known physical forces, electrical 

 or mechanical, shows the least similarity to life. We 

 can state categorically that the law of conservation 

 of energy does not apply to thought and that no liv- 

 ing attribute except growth can be measured quanti- 

 tatively. 



In our eagerness to get away from the mediaeval 

 idea of man as divine, for whom the universe was 

 created and by whom alone its phenomena can be 

 comprehended, we are now busy in the effort to class 

 him with the amoeba and with the lump of earth from 

 which his body is fashioned. Yet, in spite of the spec- 

 ulations of centuries we have not advanced a step 



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