The Problem Of Life And Immortality An Inquiry Into The Origin Composition And Destiny Of Man

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Excerpt from The Problem of Life and Immortality: An Inquiry Into the Origin, Composition, and Destiny of Man Although the part of this book relating to the origin and composition of man has been under consideration during more than twenty years, it was not until after the publication of Mr. Darwin's speculations on the "Origin of Species," and the "Descent of Man," that the ideas herein contained were reduced to writing. The part containing the proofs and illustrations of immortality was written as a lecture more than twelve years ago. And although no subject of such deep and abiding interest has reached, or even approximated, the stage of final settlement, and though none has been more ably and earnestly discussed during these years than this, I have as yet seen no reason to change my views on any of the points here presented. It was my original purpose to leave the problem of God, or "First Cause," as already settled affirmatively. Then I remembered that the sacred books of Jews, Brahmins, Christians, Mohammedans, are no longer of binding authority with the deepest thinkers. And it is bandied about among half-thinking materialists, that "the argument from design is exploded," merely because Paley overdrew a little in some of his illustrations from natural history. 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.

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