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The author examines whether humans required a special act of creation by treating life through a scientific lens: defining protoplasm and the simplest organisms, tracing embryonic development from a homogeneous cytod, and reviewing spontaneous generation and evolutionary theories. The text surveys cosmogonies, laws of evolution, natural selection, rudimentary organs, reproduction, inheritance, and the geological and embryological records. It contrasts scientific accounts with scriptural and philosophical views and analyzes human attributes—muscular, cognitive, and moral—alongside concepts of soul, God, and immortality, arguing that scientific facts can be reconciled with sincere religious belief.
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