xxx SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY 



To what extent is the creation theory consistent 

 with the theory of evolution? What "knowledge" is the 

 basis of Huxley's "faith" in an "eternal order?" To 

 what extent did over-population and the struggle for 

 existence operate as a cause of the Great War? Why 

 did these factors operate differently in France, Great 

 Britain, Germany, and the United States? 



Cite illustrations to show that self-restraint is not the 

 "essence of the ethical process." How does Huxley's 

 idea of the self lead him into this mistake? Why is his 

 interpretation of the "golden rule" inaccurate? 



Can you cite any evidence of the operation of any 

 process of natural selection in American social, political, 

 or industrial life today? of direct selection? Cite illustra- 

 tions to show how the struggle for the means of enjoy- 

 ment affects modern society, socially, politically, or in- 

 dustrially? What human faculties, types, and classes 

 are most favoured by the conditions of modern life? 

 What conditions in modern American life tend to 

 favour a religious, intellectual, artistic, or democratic 

 ideal? 



THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE IN HUMAN SOCIETY. 

 Is absolute self-negation a step in the direction of moral 

 perfection? To what extent is the United States a na- 

 tion of shop-keepers? To what extent is Huxley's dis- 

 cussion of the industrial problem in England applicable 

 to the United States today? Are there any new factors 

 in the present situation? 



To what extent are the three kinds of special scientific 

 training of which Huxley speaks available in the United 

 States? By what agencies is special industrial training 

 usually provided in this country? Have we any effective 

 kind of "capacity-catching machinery?" How has the 

 interest in technical training affected the curricula of our 

 public schools? Is the technical training there offered 



