[48] God and My Neighbour, p. 134.
[49] The document and the hostile criticisms concerning it in religious papers are highly instructive. Except for the correspondence on the subject in the Standard during May, 1905, under the title of “Faith and Religion,” the general public are not likely to know of the matter.
[50] Tylor and Hartmann, however, believe in the animal descent of man, and therefore in a rise from primitive civilisation.
[51] Our ancestors were never “molluscs”; “worm” would be an appropriate word here.
[52] Review in the Church Times of May 31st, 1905, of the Dean of Westminster’s book, Some Thoughts on Inspiration.
[53] This and the following quotations are from “Advent Lectures on Sin,” delivered by Dr. Gore, then Bishop of Worcester, in St. Philip’s Church, Birmingham. They were reported in the Church Times of December 4th, 11th, and 18th, 1903.
[54] See pp. 234–5.
[55] In an address to the Students’ Christian Union of Owens College, Manchester, on January 8th, 1904.
[56] In his interesting book, Problems of Religion and Science, p. 70.