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THE AMEBIC AX NATURALIST 



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selection, and the like, arc the subjects of his more concrete 

 " " Darwinism and Human Life" paragraphs. But Professor 

 Thomson recognizes the broader aspect of his subject. He sees 

 that all of Darwinism, in its very broadest sense, has interrela- 

 tion with all of human doing and becoming. And it is this 

 recognition, and the constant suggestion of it. everywhere in his 

 discussion of the familiar subjects of the "gist of Darwinism," 

 that make even the practised Darwinian reader read with fresh 

 interest the whole of the book ; even if he does happen, as your 

 reviewer did, to do it backward! 



