Excerpt from Evolution Versus Involution: A Popular Exposition of the Doctrine of True Evolution, a Refutation of the Theories of Herbert Spencer; And a Vindication of Theism In the hands Of its principal expounders, the doctrine has ar rayed itself unblushingly against the highest and, most sacred truths known to-man thus was inaugurated that conflict between religion and science, so-called, which still rages. The so-called Evolutionists, putting their own interpretations upon the truths Of nature, affirmed that here was no alternative: that religious teachers must either give up t eir Religion Or reject the positive revelations Of Science. Called upon to weigh the Higher by the Lower, could there be a doubt as to the decision Of a truly high-souled man well grounded in the teachings Of religion and the axioms Of morality Evolution was unhesitatingly branded as false; they preferred the light Of the noon-day sun to the flickering Of a taper! SO long as the doctrine Of Evolution received the one-sided interpretation placed upon it by the antagonists Of revealed religion, ' SO long did religious teachers preach a crusade against that which threatened the best interests Of Humanity. But these false interpreters Of scientific truth are rapidly giving place to a set Of men who, equally armed with the weapons Of science, see in the theory Of Evolution nothing which is in conflict with the truths of revealed religion. The writer of this work, in the course Of his studies, became more and more convinced that the conclusions arrived at by Mr. Spencer and others were essentially false - that their system, in a word, was not one Of Evolution at all, but a theory Of Involution. On reading Mr. Spencer's First Principles, I learned that he himself recognized this, and acknowledged it in so many words. (see First Principles, 2d edition, p. 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.