# The passing of the phantoms

Author: Patten, Charles Joseph, 1870-1948

Genre: Animal behavior

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77186

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+passing+of+the+phantoms+Patten&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The widening of the horizon of biological knowledge within recent years has been remarkable and has cast a flood of light on the question of ‘Man’s Place in Nature.’ At the present day well-informed persons have abandoned the idea of a ‘miraculous’ or special creation of man, yet it is curious to note with what tenacity tradition adheres, and how speculative theories and poetical imaginations to a large extent still prejudice the mind to shut out pure reasoning and rational philosophical thinking. While it has become very general now-a-days to accept the idea of evolution as that method by which man came to inhabit this planet, one still asks do most of us thoroughly grasp the principles...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-passing-of-the-phantoms-77186/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-passing-of-the-phantoms-77186/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-passing-of-the-phantoms-77186/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-passing-of-the-phantoms-77186/chapters/3/index.md)