Man: His Origin, Nature and Destiny (Classic Reprint)

Man: His Origin, Nature and Destiny (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Man: His Origin, Nature and Destiny In Darwin's Origin Of Species, page 420, can be found the following extract, Viz There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms, or into one. While in Haeckel's history Of Creation, volume 1, page 75, can be found the following language, Viz The funda mental idea, which must necessarily be at the bottom of all natural theories Of development, is that of a gradual devel Opment of all organisms, out of a single or out of a very few quite Simple, quite imperfect original beings which came into existence, not by supernatural creation, but by sponta neons generation, or archigony, out of inorganic matter. Upon this issue between Darwin and Haeckel, it appears that nature and truth are on Darwin's side. That animal life could spring from inorganic matter by spontaneous genera tion is an idea which could only have a lodgmentin the mind Of a German naturalist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.