THE ORIGIN AND NATURE 

 OF LIFE 



CHAPTER I 



PHYSICAL AND PSYCHICAL EVOLUTION 



Whether the human mind be dealing with 

 the problems of some branch of natural 

 science, or constructing systems of ethics, 

 philosophy, or religion, it is equally essential 

 to clothe its thoughts in language derived 

 from those things in the material world 

 which appeal to the human senses. 



The extent and accuracy of our knowledge 

 of external phenomena increase all the time, 

 and it is this increase of knowledge which 

 makes all science progressive. 



True religion apart from dogma is the 

 sublimed essence of the knowledge of the 

 highest things in the world, and in itself is 

 never opposed to natural science ; but when 

 there is error in men's conceptions of religion 

 or of natural science, then there may for a time 

 appear to be a conflict. But as time advances 



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