CHAPTER XI 
ScIENCE AND THE Book 
WE of the twentieth century have an overwhelm- 
ing desire to be up to the times. Nothing but the 
latest news on any subject will completely satisfy. 
We are more anxious for late information than for 
accurate information. We have an almost uncon- 
querable feeling that if it is late it must be accurate. 
All of us are sensitive to being thought behind the 
times. We feel that no stigma can be more invidious 
in the intellectual world than the stigma of being out 
of date. This pervades the masses quite as strongly 
as it does the more cultured classes. Under these 
conditions everybody wants to know the latest theory 
that science has to offer concerning anything that 
can be brought within the range of their interests. 
As a result everybody would like to know about evo- 
lution, were it not for the fact that a great mass of 
people have been brought to believe that there is 
something inherently irreligious in the idea. Our 
people have a saving sense of the value of religion. 
Denominational control may set lightly upon them. 
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