...caiculations,— "genins as an explosive power beats gunpowder hollow!" "The practice of that which ls ethically best — what we call goodness or virtue...demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or heading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect, but shall...

...cosmic process — a view I had supported 1 in 1871 — the lecturer makes the following statement : * The practice of that which is ethically best — what...existence. In place of ruthless selfassertion it demands self- restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors, it requires that the...

...is opposed to the ethical, so that that which is ethically best involves a course of conduct which is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence. However, we must remember that this " murdering and being murdered," the soul unfolding itself " through...

...which is ethically best, what we call goodness or virtue, involves a course of conduct in all respects opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence. It is a primary objection, however, to a view like this, that the highest perfections of which man...

...thaumaturgus." (" Life of Jesus," by E. Renan, People's Edition, London, p. 189). As Huxley has well put it. — "The practice of that which is ethically best, what...success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place usually records and emblazons deeds which it were better for humanity to forget, and holds up as heroes...

...("Life of Jesus," by E. Renan, People's Edition, London, p. 189). As Huxley has well put it.—"The practice of that which is ethically best, what we...success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place INTRODUCTION. usually records and emblazons deeds which it were better for humanity to forget, and...

...all agnostic thinking, manifests itself in another form. Prof. Huxley teaches in this lecture that " the practice of that which is ethically best, what...to success in the cosmic struggle for existence." " The ethical progress of society depends, not on imitating the cosmic process, still less in running...

...exist, but of those who are ethically the best ; " 1 how " the practice of that which is ethically the best — what we call goodness or virtue — involves...leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence ; " how the history of civilisation is the record of " the steps by which men have succeeded in building...

...and the substitution for it of another which may be called the ethical process. * * The practice of what we call goodness or virtue involves a course...to success in the cosmic struggle for existence." cosmic nature must, it appears, be equally beneficent in the ethical sphere. Yet, if that which I have...

...nature — namely, "that the practice of that which is ethically best — what we call goodness in virtue — involves a course of conduct which, in...success in the cosmic struggle for existence." In the domain of actual science the book that claims first attention is Old and New Astronomy, by the...