EVOLUTION MADE PLAIN 
The time has come ivhcn scientific truth must 
cease to he the property of the few—when it 
must he woven into the common life of the 
world. — Agassiz. 
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to 
believe and take for granted, * * * hut to weigh 
and consider. — Bacon. 
The man who will not investigate both sides 
of a question is dishonest.—Abraham Lincoln. 
Intolerance is the product of an ignorant, 
primitive mind. We should tolerate anything 
of an intellectual nature except intolerance. 
Freedom of opinion is the root, flower and 
fruit of liberty—its very essence. — Anonymous. 
WHAT EVOLUTION IS AND IS NOT 
Addison said, “The real substance of a bulky 
volume can be condensed into a small pam¬ 
phlet’’; and it is believed that the fundamental 
principles of a great scientific discovery like 
evolution can be outlined in a few pages, and 
in a way so plain and in words so simple that 
any one who is at all interested can get a fairly 
good understanding of its scope. With this idea 
in mind an attempt is here made to explain 
evolution, to tell what some of its laws are and 
how they work, and to present briefly some of 
the evidences that support the doctrine. 
Contrary to popular belief evolution is not 
