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“This is what evolution means--ordered progress; development from poorer to richer, from lower to higher, from less to greater--progress. In the material universe, progress to higher forms; in the moral universe, progress to higher life.”

Book:The Life that Really is

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The Life that Really is

This book delves into profound questions about the essence of life, examining what constitutes a meaningful and authentic existence. more

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Lyman Abbott

Lyman Abbott was an American author known for his contributions to religious and moral philosophy. Born on December 18, 1835, and deceased on October 22, 1922, Abbott's writings had a significant impact on the religious thought of his era. more

“Evolution does not attempt to explain the origin of life. It is simply a history of the process of life. With the secret cause of life evolution has nothing to do. A man, therefore, may be a materialistic evolutionist or a theistic evolutionist; that is, he may believe that the cause is some single unintelligent impersonal force, or he may believe that the cause is a wise and beneficent God.”

Men Believe May Doe Force Causes Process Secret Wise Evolution Materialistic Origin Of Life Unintelligent Process Of Life

Book:The Theology of an Evolutionist

Source: The Theology of an Evolutionist

“He who says, "I know no fear," is no hero. No man knows courage unless he does know fear, and has that in him which is superior to fear, and conquers it.”

Knows Men Doe Hero Superiors Conquer No Fear

Book:The Theology of an Evolutionist

Source: The Theology of an Evolutionist

“Never say you are too old. You do not say it now, perhaps; but by and by, when the hair grows gray and the eyes grow dim and the young despair comes to curse the old age, you will say, "It is too late for me." Never too late! Never too old! How old are you--thirty, fifty, eighty? What is that in immortality? We are but children.”