Excerpt from Creation or Evolution?: A Philosophical Inquiry Perhaps it is expected of a writer who steps out of the sphere of his ordinary pursuits, and deals with such a subject as that which is treated in this work, that he will account for his so doing. It is t necessary for me to say that class of men can have a mopoly in any subject. But I am quite willing to take my readers into my confidence so far as to state how I came to write this book. Most men, who have a special pursuit, find the necessity for recreation of some kind. Some take it in one way, and some in ather. It has been my habit through life to seek occasional relief from the motony of professional vocations in intellectual pursuits of ather character. Having this habit-which I have found by experience has tendency to lessen one's capacity for the duties of a profession, or one's relish of its occupations - I some years ago took up the study of the modern doctrine of animal evolution. Until after the death of the late Mr. Charles Darwin, I had t given a very close attention to this subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.