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John Bascom Prophet

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Introduction - The Man - The Conflict Between Science, Philosophy and Religion in Dr. Bascom's Time - Dr. Bascom's Contention that Mechanical Evolution is incomplete - Spiritual Evolution and the Modification of Religious Beliefs Resulting from this Conception - Constructive Realism / Science of Mind / "unity of mind and matter" / "the world is the product of God's thought" / The Solution of Philosophical and Religious Problems - Dr. Bascom and Present Thought - Contents -

world. A glove is not thickened as the skin of the hand is by use. A pipe is not strengthened by pouring liquid through it, but our muscles are strengthened by labor. A machine does not absorb a part that is dropped out of it, but living bodies are constantly reducing or removing superfluous parts. What is the difference between the powers of living things and things in which life is not present? Mechanical evolution cannot answer the riddle, but if the presence of spiritual power be conceded the difficulty disappears. If evolution takes place along definite lines and with variable increments, all the casual forces are retained in activity and the continuous and symmetrical results are accounted for. Will, struggling from within and not accident operating from without, is the explanation of the origin of species. There is no mystery in the survival of that which is fit to survive. The mystery lies in the presence of life under such terms that it is able to triumph over its conditions. The views outlined

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