The antiquity of man from the point of view of religion : in answer to Mr. S. Laing's Modern science and modern thought / by F. Hugh Capron.

  • Capron, F. Hugh (Frederick Hugh), 1857-1955.
Date:
1892
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Credit: The antiquity of man from the point of view of religion : in answer to Mr. S. Laing's Modern science and modern thought / by F. Hugh Capron. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    naked forms and uncouth implements mark them as belonging to a primitive and barbarous civilization. In the rude simplicity of the scene we look in vain for the promise of Science or Art ; but a mighty change has passed over the human beings, and distinguishes them widely from their Palceolithic ancestors. Savagery has given place to gentleness, brutality to love ; and, in spite of their lowly intellects and humble occupation, they display in every look and gesture the grace of an undehnable nobility—a touch of the Divine, a reflex of the Spirit of God. Once more the picture melts away, and before us stands a mighty City—the Metropolis of the world. Everywhere wealth and splendour lie scattered around in wild profusion. Her citizens dwell secure in the pride of ease and luxury. At length Mind has triumphed over Matter; and the Universe has yielded up to man her secrets to swell the volume of his power, or to minister to his pleasures. Every- thing betokens the supremacy of Intellect, whose weapon is Science, and whose plaything is Art. But amid the gorgeous domes and palaces we look in vain for the Temples of God. Religion has passed away; and in her place there reigns a code of Morality not ineptly prefigured by the bestial passions of Pasiphae or the fugitive loves of Aphrodite. Vice stalks through the splendid halls triumphant and unforbidden ; and, with a perverted ingenuity, allures her votaries by arts cunningly devised to kindle afresh sated desires or provoke