The statement by Professor More we do not believe to be one iota overdrawn or exaggerated. And, still worse, students in schools and colleges are taught biology in such a manner that they are convinced that the special theories of evolution are established as indisputable facts, and that the philosophy of naturalism is the logical conclusion of those facts. The truth is, we have one end of a possible chain, ourselves, and we have certain fragments of fossil remains which have some of our characteristics. But biologists do not know what, if any, animal ancestor forms the other end of the chain, or what links connect us with the past. . . . Is not this a most remarkable plea of ignorance, and yet how honest and forthright it is.
Evolution is indeed a fact of being.
Growth, learning, advancement, progress, is the general law of the universe. That is one thing which any sane man today admits. We sense duration in evolution, the accumulation of vital powers, the inventiveness of life and mind. . . . And everywhere, in the world of biology, one hears of the rebellion against Darwin. Energies and forces are simply manifestations or phenomena of life.