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consequences; and the outlook to truth in 

 what we call the natural world is the outlook 

 to courage, to the future, and to hope. 



Point of view of the discussion. 



I have no desire to put myself in the attitude 

 of appearing to come to the rescue of evolution, 

 nor of considering such criticisms as I have 

 mentioned as a menace to that hypothesis. 

 The hypothesis needs no advocates. Nor is 

 it my purpose to make an attempt to expound 

 the bearings of the evolution philosophy on 

 ethics or religion, except as such discussion 

 bears on our attitude toward the natural world 

 in which we live. 



Therefore, I use some of the criticisms and 

 refutations merely as texts, and not that I may 

 refute them, nor correct them, nor criticize any 

 person. They are representative of nearly all 

 attacks on evolution. Such general attacks 

 are no longer frequent and they by no means 

 represent the attitude of the clergy: in this 

 discussion I have chiefly in mind a certain large 

 class of the laity. Many persons accept the hy- 



