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the spiritual life and development of man in terms of organic 

 evolution. In the evolutio]! of life man is a great mutation. 



" A spark disturbs our clod 

 Nearer we hold of God, 

 Who gives than of His tribes that take I must beheve." 



If that is true, then a great deal that has been written by 

 orthodox scientists on the question of man's development is 

 founded in error. 



In so far as they have affirmed the universality of man's 

 thought, his unsatisfied craving after greater perfection of being, 

 his power to erect himself above himself, and, generally, the special 

 endowment of god-like faculties on the higher side of his nature 

 religious men have been amply justified ; and if ever the long 

 standing quarrel between science and religion is to be amicably 

 settled it must be, I believe, by the scientists' recognition of the 

 validity of these contentions. 



There is some reason to think that we are already on the way 

 to such a reconciliation. It would appear from recent pronounce- 

 ments that some of the leading thinkers in the medical and bio- 

 logical professions are disposed to reckon with the influence of mind 

 over body more frankly and fully than they have done before. 

 That is, in my opinion, the right way to a clearer recognition of the 

 distinction between the organic and the human world which is the 

 crux of the argument that I have tried to present to you. The 

 further scientists travel in that direction the more obvious it will 

 become that it is the mutation rather than the current theory of 

 evolution that is applicable to the development of human life and 

 affairs. 



On the morning of January 11th, Dr. Douglas Mawson 

 delivered a lecture before Sections E and C on the Proposed 

 Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911. 



Following is a brief abstract : — 



For many years past expeditions from Australia have been 

 contemplated, but never realised. Australian support has, never- 

 theless, from time to time greatly aided British exploration in 

 Antarctica. It is not that the spirit of enterprise is lacking ; the 

 apparent apathy is due to the unfamiliar conditions of the South 

 Polar regions and the absence, until recently, of reliable data re- 

 lating thereto. 



The bearing of Antarctica meteorology on our Australian 

 weather is acknowledged by most meteorologists, and it is only 

 along the particular coast to be investigated by this expedition that 



