CONSIDERED BY ALFRED FAIRHURST, A. M., Professor of Natural Science in Kentucky University. SECOND EDITION OINCINNATI: THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY. PREFACE. Having been for many years a teacher of various branches of natural science, it has been my duty to consider in my classes the doctrine of organic evolution. This volume contains some of the conclusions at which I have arrived in my study of the subject. It also contains several chapters on related subjects. The doctrine of cosmic evolution, of evolution in its widest scope, is fundamental in its bearings, including as it does all matter, all forces, and all events in nature. This all-comprehensive doctrine rests upon no adequate scientific basis. It is a theory the truth of which it is impossible to establish. The doctrine is often taught dogmatically and is accepted by many who have not carefully studied it in its various aspects. Evolution is not an established fact of science. The doctrine of evolution is not science. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 22, 1911. ALFRED FAIRHURST. |