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influence in the world of intellect. Men preferred to fol- 

 low a leader, more or less blindly, rather than take the 



FIG. 389. Charles Darwin. The publication of his "Origin of Species," 

 in 1859, revolutionized human thought, and gave direction to all scientific 

 and philosophic thinking from that time to the present. 



pains to examine the voluminous evidence for themselves, 

 and accept the logical conclusion without prejudice or 



