No one will seriously assert that the drosera, Dioncea muscipula, and other insectivorous and carnivorous plants are organisms superior in sensitiven… - Edward Payson Evans
" "No one will seriously assert that the drosera, Dioncea muscipula, and other insectivorous and carnivorous plants are organisms superior in sensitiveness to those which they devour, or that this transformation of animal into vegetable structure increases the sum of pleasurable sensation m the world. The doctrine of evolution, which regards these antagonisms as mere episodes in the universal struggle for existence, has forever set aside this sort of theodicy and put an end to all teleological attempts to infer from the nature and operations of creation the moral character of the Creator.
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About Edward Payson Evans
(December 8, 1831 – March 6, 1917) was an American scholar, linguist, and educator. He wrote on philology, literature, ethics, and the relationship between humans and animals. He studied and taught in both the United States and Europe, with a focus on German literature and oriental languages. Among his publications are Evolutional Ethics and Animal Psychology (1897), which addressed the ethical implications of evolutionary theory, and The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals (1906), a historical account of animal trials in Europe.
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"Do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you" is the golden rule; but far purer and more precious than gold is the injunction to do good without any reference to self, and to cultivate a morality that does not reflect the faintest tint, nor involve the slightest implication of self-love.
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