CONCLUSION 



In this book I have tried to set forth clearly and 

 fairly some facts illustrating the relation of the 

 laws of heredity and of environment to human 

 life, human conduct, and human belief, including 

 religious life and thought. Among the matters 

 emphasized as of greatest importance are these: 



However bad the vital inheritance, it may be 

 modified and changed by good environment. 



Therefore it is the duty of Christian workers 

 and thinkers to be very careful that those whom 

 they would help to elevate and save have not only 

 a correct presentation of truth, but also a helpful 

 environment to minister to the growth of that 

 truth. 



The influence of natural causes on the will is 

 great and constant, but the testimony of con- 

 sciousness is in favour of human freedom, and 

 that testimony is final. 



Until Christian philosophy has achieved a new 

 and profounder adjustment of the facts of life to 

 the consciousness of human freedom, the con- 

 sciousness of responsibility, the innate recog- 



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