THE EVOLUTION OF MAN 



cause" and effect, of the inter-relation of the 

 things which we must and will "create." If we 

 apply merely this current conception of the term 

 "create" to the evolution of man and of life it- 

 self, a little clear, thinking will show that it co- 

 incides perfectly with the course of natural de- 

 velopment of things from stage to stage. If we 

 conceive of the fundamental forces of nature as 

 something which can "create" things in the way 

 that we do, thus creating finally man himself, we 

 cannot admit from our own experience any other 

 possibility for the creation of things than a simple 

 and gradual procession leading step by step 

 through the path of natural inter-relation. The 

 most consistent form of Darwinism and this sort 

 of creation do not exclude one another in any 

 way ; they rather coincide completely during the 

 entire portion of the process. Evolution so con- 

 ceived is merely a logical line of creation, and 

 it is the immanent' logical method of creation. 



But the champions of the idea that the so-called 

 first beginning of life is the end of Darwinism 

 and the starting point of creation, do not apply 

 these terms in the sense just explained. They 

 are thinking of a creation for which we have not 

 the least proof nor experience, and for which 

 civilized mankind has no explanation except that 



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