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The present volume consists of a series of eight addresses delivered as the Hewitt Lectures of Columbia University at Cooper Union inN ew York City during the months ofF ebruary and March, 1907. The purpose of these lectures was to describe in concise outline theD octrine of Evolution, its basis in the facts of natural history, and its wide and imiversal scope. They fall naturally into two groups. Those of the first part deal with matters of definition, with the essential characteristics of living things, and, at greater length, with the evidences of organic evolution. The lectures of the second group take up the various aspects of human evolution as a special instance of the general organic process. In this latter part of the series, the subject of physical evolution is first considered, and this is followed by an analysis of human mental evolution; the chapter on social evolution extends the fundamental principles to a field which is not usually considered by biologists, and its purpose is to demonstrate the efficiency of the genetic method in this department as in all others; finally, the principles are extended to what is called the higher human life, the realm, namely, of ethical, religious, and theological ideas and ideals.
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The Doctrine of Evolution - Its Basis and Its Scope is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Henry Edward Crampton is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Henry Edward Crampton then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
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