Page:Divine Selection or The Survival of the Useful.djvu/54



ARWIN did not live to see the extent to which the basic principle of natural selection, which he formulated, would be carried. The development of the theory of Evolution, to which he first gave definite shape, has been quite commensurate with its acceptance.

The geological record has been greatly improved, evidence has been sifted, and a chain of reason forged that, of its kind, is quite complete until the questions are taken up that appertain to man, society, and moral development.

The inadequacy of the evolutionary explanation of cosmic processes in this regard, Mr. Huxley concedes. For, says he, "Social progress means a checking of the cosmic progress at