Making of man : a study in evolution / by Sir Oliver Lodge.

  • Oliver Lodge
Date:
1924
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Credit: Making of man : a study in evolution / by Sir Oliver Lodge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A Preliminary Survey of Existence. Matter, Ether, Life, and Mind Living as we do on one of the smaller planets, revolving about one of a myriad of stars, and endowed as we are with sense- organs gradually evolved from animals for purposes of pursuit of prey and escape from enemies, we know well that we are a small and perhaps comparatively insignificant part of the Universe; which, when we are able in occasional moods to realise its majesty, is—to such understanding as we have been able to form of it—quite overwhelming. Humanity itself is but a recent comer to this planet; and from a higher point of view shows many signs of immaturity. Through¬ out its history it has been occupied for the most part with internecine struggles, which have usually been the outcome of personal ambition and national perversity rather than a reasonable and necessary part of the struggle for subsistence. Subsistence would be much more easily attained by co-operation