EVOLUTION AND CREATION.
EVOLUTION AND CREATION:
BY
HERBERT JUNIUS HARDWICKE, M.D.,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, AND MEMBER OF
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH; FELLOW OF THE
LONDON MEDICAL SOCIETY; HONORARY FELLOW OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF LIVERPOOL, THE SOCIETY OF MEDICINE OF ATHENS, AND THE SOCIETIES
OF DOSIM. MEDICINE OF PARIS AND MADRID; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL
BRANCH OF THE MALTHUSIAN LEAGUE; LATE EDITOR OF “THE SPECIALIST.”
HON. PHYSICIAN TO SHEFFIELD PUBLIC HOSPITAL FOR SKIN DISEASES,
AND TO SHEFFIELD AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL;
HON. CONSULTING PHYSICIAN TO LEEDS PUBLIC HOSPITAL FOR SKIN DISEASES;
AUTHOR OF “THE POPULAR FAITH UNVEILED,” ETC.
“‘Learn what is true in order to do what is right’ is the summing up of the
whole duty of man for all who are unable to satisfy their mental hunger with the
east wind of authority.”—Huxley.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
1887.
PREFACE.
Many imperfections, as I anticipated, have been discovered in my“Popular Faith Unveiled,” some of importance and others of littleconsequence; and many suggestions have been offered in all kindnessby those who have done me the honour of reading my work, for considerationin case I should issue another edition. The strongest of allthe arguments urged in favour of the real necessity for a second andrevised edition is that that part of the subject treated upon which relatedmore particularly to the true origin of man was not dealt with ina sufficiently exhaustive manner in the last work. This, of course, isa true charge: but it should be borne in mind that the main object ofthe book was to expose the real nature of the popular superstition, andnot to trace out the pedigree of man; and, moreover, to have enteredfully into such subjects as the evolution of mind and matter wouldhave considerably augmented the bulk of the work, and consequentlyhave necessitated such an increase in the price as to have made it prohibitoryto a large number of thinkers, who have not too much sparecash to throw away. I therefore determined not to re-issue the workin an amplified form, but to supplement it with a number of publishedlectures (delivered here and in various other large towns) and articles,which should be ultimately brought out as an illustrated volume.
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