...nature" ; "the unfathomable injustice of the nature of things." "For this successful progress, as far as the savage state, man has been largely indebted to those qualities which he shares with the ape aud tiger." "For thousands and thousands of years before the origin of the oldest known civilizations,...

...superseded by moral and spiritual development. Huxley says : " For his successful progress, as far as the savage state, man has been largely indebted to...qualities which he shares with the ape and the tiger. . . . But, in proportion as men have passed from anarchy to social organization and in proportion as...

.... constitute the essence of the struggle for existence. . . . For his successful progress as far as the savage state, man has been largely indebted to...qualities which he shares with the ape and the tiger (p. 6). So far is this struggle from explaining morality that the practice of what is ethically best...

.... For his successful progress as far as the savage state, man has been 6 MAN'S PLACE IN THE COSMOS. largely indebted to those qualities which he shares with the ape and the tiger (p. 6). So far is this struggle from explaining morality that the practice of what is ethically best—what...

...he is, in virtue of his success in the struggle for existence. For his successful progress as far as the savage state, man has been largely indebted to...qualities which he shares with the ape and the tiger. But as man has advanced these deeply ingrained qualities have become defects. He would be only too...

...injustice of the nature of things" everywhere stare him in the face. "For his successful progress as far as the savage state, man has been largely indebted to...qualities which he shares with the ape and the tiger For thousands and thousands of years .... the human * The Ascent of Man, p. 20. species, like others,...

...all that can be kept, which constitutes the essence of the struggle for existence, have answered. In his successful progress throughout the savage state...with the ape and the tiger; his exceptional physical organisation; his cunning, his sociability, his curiosity and his imitativeness ; his ruthless and...

...constitute the essence of the struggle for existence, have answered. For his successful progress, as far as the savage state, man has been largely indebted to...ruthless and ferocious destructiveness when his anger is roused by opposition." There is doubtless some truth in this, but it underappreciates what is also...

...become the superb animal which he is, in virtue of his success in the struggle for existence. . . . For his successful progress, throughout the savage...to those qualities which he shares with the ape and tiger; his exceptional physical organization; his cunning, his sociability, his curiosity, and his...

...constitute the essence of the struggle for existence, have answered. For his successful progress, as far as the savage state, man has been largely indebted to...with the ape and the tiger; his exceptional physical organisation, his cunning, his sociability, his curiosity, and his imitativeness, his ruthless and...