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The Relation of Science and Religion.pdf - Online Christian Library

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LECTURE IT.ORGANIZED EXISTENCE: LIFE AND ITS DEVEL-OPMENT.-(DARWIN'S "THEORY OFEVOLUTION. ")IN prosecuting our inquiry as to the mostrecent advances in science, we pass nowfrom inorganic to organic existence; from thetestimony <strong>of</strong> physicists, to that <strong>of</strong> zoijlogists.This transition in itself starts a scientific problem,beyond which we are carried onward toa distinct <strong>and</strong> very complicated area <strong>of</strong> existence,higher in order, <strong>and</strong> pressing upon attentionan incalculable variety <strong>of</strong> details, exceedinglydifficult to harmonize. In the earlierstage <strong>of</strong> physical research, all observation <strong>and</strong>experiment lead forward to general results,which gain ready acceptance "bcause theymay be said to be involved in scientific procedureitself. In this more advanced stageit is otherwise. In the former, unorganizedmatter is the same everywhere; <strong>and</strong> the laws<strong>of</strong> energy can be studied with equal facility

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