Preliminary statement : a synthesis of modern science / by Marshall Bruce Williams.

  • Bruce-Williams, Marshall.
Date:
[1905]
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Credit: Preliminary statement : a synthesis of modern science / by Marshall Bruce Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Heredity is, on the wiiole, masculine, penetrating, forceful, direct, representing Power. Environment is, on the whole, feminine, clinging, receptive, persuasive, indirect, in its influence, on this penetrating force. Exfoliation is the result of the fusion of these two sides of nature, in one harmonious wln)le. All our inodeim conceptions and ideas, that are in the first i-ank of spiritual authority and ])ower, are, in fact, plainly visible in the older religions and philosophies of tribes and civili;^ations. It is the fiyrm alone which altei’s. I he instruments whereby man has increased the range of his insight into, and power over, natin-e, have only corrected and made more exact, these old spiritual and msthetic perceptions of men. Dfxjkee. As all arguments between reasonable men end in, “after all, it is only a question of degree^ so all life, all onr ideals, practice, differences, order or disorder, titles, rank, authority, consideration, value, esteem, affection, etc., are a matter- of degree. While the scientist employs the principle of degree in every meamrement he makes, it is the philosophic and artistic minds that have perceived the spiritnai importance of the principle.