Word: evolutionism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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THE EVOLUTION OF FRENCH CANADA?Jean Charlemagne Bracq?Macmillan ($2.50).
The modern scientific theory of a common unity in all living organisms is the point of departure of the new tendencies. Evolution in particular has been seized upon by such writers. Human nature, they say, is mere animal nature. A school of psychology, which regards all human behavior as mechanistic...
It would make the shade of Rabelais long for reincarnation to see so current his motto: "Fay ce que voudras." But thinking people are constrained to oppose the new libertinism. Man may, indeed, be an animal, often a superb animal. But isn't he something more? Is it rational to...
Professor Lewis admitted that it was impossible to prove the existence of God by scientific methods, and declared that the only basis for a belief in God rested upon moral grounds. There is no evidence concerning God, he admitted. The theory of evolution has exploded the previous theory that God...
The growth of large newspapers and newsgathering agencies in this country has been accompanied by no corresponding increase in the calibre of reporters to fit their larger importance. The evolution of journalism into a profession would help to accomplish this; but like all lasting reforms, it can be brought about...