Item #14738 Life : Its True Genesis. Robert William Wright.
Life : Its True Genesis

Life : Its True Genesis

New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1880.

First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #14738

Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Taking the 11th verse of the first book of Genesis, Wright postulates that "the primordial germs of all living things, man excepted, are in the earth, and only need the proper environments to be supplied, by divine Will, in order that they may spring into being." - The Chronicle, University of Michigan, Vol XII, No 1, October 2, 1880, page 32. "We regard the chief merit of his work, not the defense of a specious and fanciful hypothesis, but his vigorous defense of vitalism against its assailants." - The Penn Monthly, March 1881, page 238. ; Ex-Library; 298 pages.

Price: $29.95

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