The Physical Basis of Society (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Physical Basis of Society

In undertaking such a study a writer has his choice of two methods. He may undertake to tell the story in his own words or may allow the authorities to speak for them selves. The first method makes the reading somewhat easier. Inasmuch as no one can claim to have first hand information on so many subjects the reader is likely to wonder if the facts are as represented. I have preferred the second method, therefore, and have quoted freely from the best works known to me. Whenever possible I have drawn freely from the books of special value. Thus some pages of Chapter IV have been taken almost verbatim from the monumental work of A. D. White, The Warfare of Science with Theology.

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