Excerpt from The University of Colorado Studies, Vol. 8N or is it strange that the new material was Slowly assimilated. At first blush there could be nothing more unpromising for the votaries of the Muse than the theory that has revolutionized our conception Of man and his place in the universe. My patient reader will produce in himself the psychological attitude I am groping after, if he will accompany me through the following clear and striking tabulation from that fiercest Of militant evolutionists, Professor Ernst Haeckel.' I. This perishable body, our earth, had gone through a long pro cess of cooling before water in liquid form (the first condition of organic life) could settle thereon.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.