Excerpt from The Genesis of Life and ThoughtFor the many insufiiciencies of matter and imper fections of style which will, as the author expects, be detected by the careful reader, the only apology he can offer is, that the whole work has been written in those intervals between business hours which most men appropriate to recreation or rest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.