Excerpt from Quaero: Some Questions in Matter, Energy, Intelligence, and Evolution The following pages are taken from an unpublished essay. Separated from their context they are somewhat fragmentary, but this is of no moment if they remain readable. The first two chapters were contributed to a Volume issued last year, by professors and teachers in the University College of Sheffield, in commemoration of the recent incorporation of that Institution. The third and fourth chapters have not appeared before. In his admirable "Foundations of Belief," Mr. Balfour includes, under the term "Naturalism," all those forms of thought, philosophic or scientific, which are usually held to be antagonistic to religion. 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 technology 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."

Excerpt from Quæro: Some Questions in Matter, Energy, Intelligence, and Evolution Owing to intrinsic excellence and as the work of an eminent and busy statesman, Mr. Balfour's book at once arrested attention, and drew forth much laudatory comment. Here and there, however, a hostile voice was raised; amongst the rest that of Professor Huxley, whose criticism was commenced in the Nineteenth Century for March, 1895. It was never finished. Before lts completion, death had robbed us of one of our most gifted and vigorous scientists. 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 technology 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.