Questions Evolution Does Not Answer 
are constant, but phenomena every¬ 
where and in every department of 
nature are paroxysmal. ’ ’ (“ Evolu¬ 
tion and Its Relation to Religious 
Thought,” pp. 257, 258.) 
There are those who think of 
evolution in terms of progress. 
Professor Conklin, of Princeton 
University, emphasizes this view. 
He says: “The past evolution of 
the human race has been guided 
by the elimination of the unfit, 
whether physical, intellectual or 
social, and the future progress of 
the race must depend on this same 
process.” Again he says: “In par¬ 
ticular instances, simplification and 
degeneration have occurred, but, in 
the main, evolution has been pro¬ 
gressive; that is, it is marked by 
increasing complexity of structure, 
functions and adaptations.” (“Evo¬ 
lution of Man,” p. 159.) On the 
other hand, there are those who in- 
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