...insurmountable. We now pass to another question, which is of even greater consequence than that of mans intellectual powers. Mr. Darwin does not hesitate...foundation or origin of the moral sense lies in the social ipstincts, including sympathy ; and these instincts no doubt were primarily gained, as in the case...

...afford him the safest rule. His conscience then becomes his supreme judge and monitor. Nevertheless the first foundation or origin of the moral sense...case of the lower animals, through natural selection. The belief in God has often been advanced as not only the greatest, but the most complete of all the...

...begin with separation of the sexes, and ' the sexual selection evolves the highest mental qualities.' The first foundation or origin of the moral sense...gained, as in the case of the lower animals, through sexual selection. As to God, his words are : ' The idea of a universal and beneficent creator of the...

...40. "To 'Natural Selection' all are due." Mr. Darwin says, in his ' Descent of Man,' " Nevertheless, the first foundation or origin of the moral sense lies in the social instincts, and these instincts no doubt were primarily gained, as in the case of the lower animals, through Natural...

...afford him the safest rule. His conscience then becomes his supreme judge and monitor. Nevertheless, the first foundation or origin of the moral sense...of the lower animals, through natural selection." The influence of a pet theory can be seen in the last sentence : for, instead of no doubt, there may...

...same source to which he before believed that he had traced the " origin of species." He says :* — " The first foundation or origin of the moral sense...of the lower animals, through natural selection." Criticisms on Mr. Darwin such as the foregoing — criticisms of mine which appeared in the ' Genesis...

...same source to which he before believed that he had traced the " origin of species." He says:* — " The first foundation or origin of the moral sense...of the lower animals, through natural selection." Criticisms on Mr. Darwin sui-h as the foregoing — criticisms of mine which appeared in the ' Genesis...

...a mere result of the develop- Mr.Darwin's ment of brutal instincts. He maintains, " the first T1cWs foundation or origin of the moral sense lies in the...case of the lower animals, through natural selection" ('Descent of Man,' vol. ii. p. 394). Everything, however, depends upon what we mean by the " moral...

...it is the development of brutal instinct. " The first foundation or origin of moral sense," he says, "lies in the social instincts, including sympathy;...of the lower animals, through Natural Selection." * And he thus attempts to account for its growth and maturity into what we now call conscience : "...

...afford him the safest rule. His conscience then becomes his supreme judge and monitor. Nevertheless, the first foundation or origin of the moral sense...primarily gained, as in the case of the lower animals, by natural selection.' Again, he says : ' The fact that man is the one being who, with certainty, can...