Questions Evolution Does Not Answer 
said: “One thing which weighs 
with me against pessimism and 
tells for a benevolent author of the 
universe, is my enjoyment of 
scenery and music. I do not see 
how they can have helped in the 
struggle for existence. They are 
gratuitous gifts.” (Wallace, “Dar¬ 
winism,” p. 478.) 
With reference to the appearance 
of man, Le Conte makes some very 
interesting observations. He says: 
“Next and last, and only with the 
appearance of man, another entire¬ 
ly different and far higher factor 
was introduced; viz., conscious, 
voluntary co-operation in the work 
of his own evolution, a conscious, 
voluntary striving to attain an 
ideal. We have called this a factor, 
but it is much more than a mere 
factor, co-ordinate with other fac¬ 
tors. It is, rather, a different kind 
of evolution. It is evolution on a 
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