...artificial world within the cosmos. Fragile reed as he may be, man, as Pascal says, is a thinking reed : 22 there lies within him a fund of energy, operating...the means of influencing its manifestations is only just dawning upon us. We do not yet see our way beyond generalities ; and we are befogged by the obtrusion...

...few sentences which stand in striking contrast to the rest. Considering the fact that "the organised and highly developed sciences and arts of the present...over the course of non-human nature greater than that attributed to the magicians," Professor Huxley sees "no limit to the extent to which intelligence and...

...depends, not on imitating the cosmic process, still less in running away from it, but in combating it. In every family, in every polity that has been established,...non-human nature greater than that once attributed to magicians. The most impressive, I might say startling, of these changes has been brought about in the...

...shepherd, the agriculturist, the artisan. As civiliza* Huxley. " Evolution and Ethics," p. 88. tion has advanced, so has the extent of this interference...non-human nature greater than that once attributed to the magician." " For his successful progress throughout the savage state man has been largely indebted...

...shepherd, the agriculturist, the artisan. As civiliza* Huxley. " Evolution and Ethics," p. 83. tion has advanced, so has the extent of this interference...non-human nature greater than that once attributed to the magician." " For his successful progress throughout the savage state man has been largely indebted...

...subdue nature to his higher ends, but I venture to think that the great intellectual difference between ancient times with which we have been occupied and...greater than that once attributed to the magicians." Consequently, art obtains all our admiration and enthusiasm, and in default of clear evidence of even...

...subdue nature to his higher ends, but I venture to think that the great intellectual difference between ancient times with which we have been occupied and...greater than that once attributed to the magicians." Consequently, art obtains all our admiration and enthusiasm, and in default of clear evidence of even...

...modify the cosmic process. In virtue of his intelligence, the dwarf bends the Titan to his will. Ih every family, in every polity that has been established,...greater than that once attributed to the magicians." Consequently, art obtains all our admiration and enthusiasm, and in default of clear evidence of even...

...much more in God, is the master and not merely the slave of all law-abiding forces. As Huxley put it, "The organized and highly developed sciences and arts...greater than that once attributed to the magicians." This truth underlies all our modern material accomplishments. If an engineer proposed to bridge a stream,...

...the shepherd, the agriculturist, the artisan. As civilization has advanced, so has the extent of his interference increased; until the organized and highly...the means of influencing its manifestations is only just dawning upon us. We do not yet see our way beyond generalities; and we are befogged by the obtrusion...