Author: William Wright Hardwicke

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Published: 2015-08-09

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9781332534043

Excerpt from The Evolution of Man: His Religious Systems, and Ethics We may safely say, without fear of contradiction, that one of the most remarkable discoveries of the nineteenth century has been the "law of evolution," so satisfactorily demonstrated, and now universally accepted as true by the scientific world - i.e. by all who have taken the trouble and are able to investigate the subject, unbiassed by preconceived opinion or prejudice. Not only for this will the century be celebrated, but also for the extraordinary development of science; for the progress of education and knowledge generally; and for the emancipation of science from the slavery of the Church, by which it has itself become an independent power, and a source of knowledge to the people. During the greater part of fifteen centuries science was held in bondage by ecclesiasticism, and its development prevented. It was compelled to teach certain ideas of the universe and its order, because in accordance with those found in the Bible - a, compilation of anonymous writings, held as true, not on indisputable evidence, but simply on faith. These ideas, which so long prevailed and for attempts to deny which men suffered and died - are now recognised as legendary and false. 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.