Nature and Man in America (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Nature and Man in America (Classic Reprint) written by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nature and Man in America Modern science unhappily appears to be in con fliot with the religious traditions of our race. The development of our knowledge of Nature has led to a loss of the old confidence in the conditions of human life. Our fathers rejoiced in the conviction that they came directly from the Creator's hands. It is now evident to us that our being is due to what 'we term more natural causes, that man's body has been slowly evolved from the earth, passing onward through inconceivable stages, each leading upward from the level of the lowest organic life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.