Author: Alexander Winchell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-17

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9781330138144

Excerpt from The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Data, Its Principles, Its Speculations, and Its Theistic Bearings The author of the following essay regrets to give it to the public in a state so inadequately representative of the science and philosophy which have contributed to modern discussions on the subject of Evolution. Yielding, however, to the judgment of others, he hopes there may be many intelligent readers who will receive his popular exposition of the theme as gladly as those who have already become acquainted with it. As will be at once discerned, it has not been the authors aim either to defend or attack the doctrine, under any of its forms, but rather candidly to exhibit to the inquirer its strongest defenses and its weakest points. In the method of treatment he has endeavored to think for himself, though it may be doubted whether a single position has heretofore been omitted in the amplitude of the discussions on this question. The favoring arguments, it is to be presumed, have all been met by objectors, and the objections have all been handled by the supporters of evolution. 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.