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CHAPTER V


Projected
Efficiency


SINCE the foregoing chapters were written, a new work has appeared from the pen of an avowed Evolutionist.[1] Its bold and startling assertions may warrant its consideration here, for it repudiates the governing principle in Evolution that has heretofore prevailed, and proposes a new basis for the solution of the very effects whose causes we are seeking. Furthermore, it is the first of a projected series on evolutionary philosophy, whereby it is hoped to revive faith in the cause, and by a new treatment adapt the theory to twentieth century thought.

The argument serves our purpose

  1. "Western Civilization." Benjamin Kidd.