Darwinism 



permanent. It will result in the " preservation 

 of favored races in the struggle for life," and in 

 conformity to environment in the resulting spe- 

 cies or larger groups. Only the fittest can sur- 

 vive. 



Viewed as a hypothesis, Mr. Darwin's argu- 

 ment is clear, logical, and irrefutable. Will it 

 work? Or is it only a plausible conjecture? 

 Mr. Darwin spent twenty years in applying and 

 testing his theory before he published a word on 

 the subject. He made a most careful study of 

 all the literature. He experimented on pigeons 

 and seedlings, on anything and everything which 

 could throw light on the question. He con- 

 sulted with the wisest and most careful observers 

 and students. He had a marvelously calm, fair, 

 judicial mind, devoid of all prejudice. In ac- 

 cepting evidence he was cautious almost to a 

 fault. 



In 1859 he published *' The Origin of Spe- 

 cies." He packed the experience and thought of 

 a lifetime into one small volume. It is terribly 

 condensed and hard reading. But it is a mar- 

 velous result of deep and wide study logically 

 expressed. No one has ever surpassed him in 

 clearness aii,l fairness of statement of the ob- 



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