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INCE the foregoing chapters were written, a new work has appeared from the pen of an avowed Evolutionist. Its bold and startling assertions may warrant its consideration here, for it repudiates the governing principle in Evolution that has heretofore prevailed, and proposes a new basis for the solution of the very effects whose causes we are seeking. Furthermore, it is the first of a projected series on evolutionary philosophy, whereby it is hoped to revive faith in the cause, and by a new treatment adapt the theory to twentieth century thought.

The argument serves our purpose