Evolution Versus Involution; A Popular, Exposition of the Doctrine of True Evolution, a Refutation of the Theories of Herbert Spencer, and a Vindication of Theism - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1885. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Chapter IX. Socioge.nksis, or The Evolution Of Society. Section 1. A brief review of Society, and the Personal factor. The laws of growth and development, which we have seen exercising such a potent influence in the material world in bringing forth not only the globe upon which we dwell, but also the innumerable and varied forms of life which it sustains, have been no less potent in bringing about that elaborate social structure which the civilization of the nineteenth centurv presents. In Government, in Science, in Art, in the practice of Morality, and, indeed, throughout the whole social organism, we may trace the action of the law of Evolution. There has been a gradual but constant advance of the whole race from the earliest periods down to our own times. The contrast which the society of this age presents to that of the past deepens as we go backward in time; it is a steady decline from the higher to the lower. The student of history, as he turns over the records of the past, may be likened to a traveler, who, starting from some lofty mountain region, gradually pursues his way to the sea. He may, at intervals, meet with hill and dale, but the general direction of the line of travel is one of descent It is only by bringing within the field of vision the history of humanity as a whole that we are enabled to appreciate this sure and steadv advance from the earliest times. Were we to confine our gaze to the civilization of one age or one nation, we might be able to trace its rise, progress, and final extinction, and might be tempted to deduce from this that the progress of the mass of humanity has been made by sudden leaps# It is only by traveling over the region with an observing eye, Lat Socius, a companion; and Gr. Qenesis. and with the aid of scientific app...
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