EVOLUTION

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 184, 2 May 1929, Page 13

EVOLUTION

Sir,—l am interested in Mr. Markland’s letter which appeared in your issue of this morning, only it seems to me he loses sight of the fact that the most advanced of our scientists admit the difficulty of accepting evolution without firstly admitting involution. That is, you cannot have something evolve out of nothing! Again, scientists to-day admit that everything is alive, that nothing is dead. For instance, the body when dead, as we term it, turns into other forms of manifestation of life. The secret to an understanding of this great subject I am quite satisfied lies in the acceptance of involution or, in' other words, incarnation. The beauty of the poppy ffower does not lie in the seed but in the incarnating life which takes the seed of germinationThe beauty of the child does not lie in the vehicle which the mother and father jointly create but in the incarnating life which takes possession of this vehicle. I do not desire controversy on this great subject, but merely to mention this thought for the consideration of those who are interested, and as one merely passing through your city.—l am, etc., “STRANGER." Wellington, April 30.