THE EVOLUTION OF MAN 



as a last trump for that very purpose. We may 

 observe and note the fact that even the Darwinist 

 mode of thought at this point permits of certain 

 peculiar inconsistencies and differences among 

 its champions. Men who are standing serenely 

 on the ground with men as descended from ani- 

 mals have considerable disagreement at this last 

 point of departure, and an unbiased discoverer 

 cannot help coming to the conclusion that in mat- 

 ters of the origin of life itself no well established 

 theory exists for the time being. So this point 

 is constantly exploited as an open field. It is 

 admitted that up to this point the arguments and 

 facts are in favor of natural evolution. But 

 henceforth everything is considered possible. The 

 first life may have been "created"; in other 

 words, it may have arisen without any adequate 

 logical reason. Now this term "create" has some- 

 thing peculiar about it. If I as a human being 

 "create" anything, there is always an adequate 

 reason for it. Everybody knows that we cannot 

 stamp armies out of the ground, or produce a 

 field of corn by waving our hands. The smallest 

 boy who whittles a wooden boat knows that he 

 needs wood, knife, fingers and other things for 

 that purpose. And as a matter of fact our entire 

 practical life is permeated by this conception of 



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