INTKnim TION 



of Social Involution t.-lls how one form of 



te 80 completely tin- live* and de*t 



of all other forms, that for ages tin- creature man be- 

 lt' to be a separate ami distinct erstl 

 mast* It is a won-l.-rful si rpassing 



ma nee and fas< y epic or drama ever writ 



t'-n. In th.- dark ages before recorded history, great 

 s were . -ilently and in>ensihly working, mold- 



- of the future forms of lift-. In tin* pro- 

 joess of this evolution an occasional gleam of conscious- 

 ness heiran t> ilawn. S-n-il>i!iti.- became (DOF! r-tin.-'l: 

 sympathy and compassion, the products of complex rela- 

 tions, tempered and modified tin -1. r adjust- 

 IIP-!!- t\ an.l oppression became less and less the 

 guiding forn> whit -h ^.vi-rned the relations of conscious 

 beings; tolerance and sympathy became more and nmn* 

 the dipM-tinir principles of life. 



In .1 the important an.l drt.-rminin^ 



"88weinn-t i-xamine hotli the physical 

 and tin- -piritual Imsis of man's supi Ther- 



-r-at priiu-iph-s which tfuide the growth and de- 



velopmmt of life. We must study t of these 



"S to man. In the chapters of Tart I we 



shall r\amin.' ' ; iat have leen brought 



naturali-ts for the origin of man's physical 



g. In the chapters of the remaining part of the book 



we shall examine th - and the influences which have 



ad 



