Download or read book The Cycle of Life According to Modern Science (Classic Reprint) written by C. W. Saleeby and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Cycle of Life According to Modern Science Until some far-distant day when, perhaps, we may establish friendly relations with the inhabitants of some other planet, and when, Since there, too, will be evil and sorrow, our altruism must widen its embrace beyond the limits of the human family till then, we can take no larger view than that of this planetary race and can demand no more from any human institution than that it be for the welfare of all mankind. One does not need to waste time in asserting that science is such an institution, for its claims to be so considered have been upheld long ago. It is already, though in its youth, a tower of strength, foursquare to many of the winds that assail humanity. It is part of its boast that science knows no bounds of race or clime. And on this matter I must needs alienate from myself the sympathy of most of my readers - thus, perhaps, serving to dissipate the natural suspicion that I am about to advocate the claims of science because it is to my interest that these Should be recognised. Science, as I have said, knows no bounds of race or clime; and if we divest ourselves of our very natural and. 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.