The Evolution of Life (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Evolution of Life (Classic Reprint) written by H. Charlton Bastian and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Evolution of Life The publications of my work "The Beginnings of Life" in 1872 gave rise to a good deal of criticism, and was followed by much controversy for a few years. The criticism concerned both sections of the work - that dealing with Heterogenesis, as well as the portion in which I endeavoured to establish the reality of Archebiosis, though there was controversy only in regard to the latter subject. The absence of controversy about Heterogenesis was due to the fact that I made no reply whatever to any of the criticisms concerning this section of my book. It was a kind of subject which did not seem open to profitable discussion, especially with persons who declined to attempt to repeat the observations in question. I was at the time, however, more sanguine of good resulting from a discussion concerning Archebiosis. Much controversy therefore followed with some very formidable opponents, and as a result I continued to do further work in reference to this question up to the year 1877. During that and the previous year a very heated controversy was carried on with Professor Tyndall in this country and with M.Pasteur in France. 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.