This is the theory of evolutions. Once it was thought that the
earth’s crust was caused by catastrophes, but when Darwin came
into the world and had a good deal of philosophy, he said: ‘All
different kinds of species differ gradually as we go backwards and
there is no catastrophes, and if we apply the fact upon previous
predecessors we reach simpler and simpler predecessors, until we
reach the Nature.’ Man, also, is under the evolutions. None can deny
this if he could deny the sun in daylight. A child from the beginning
of his birthday possesses instincts like to suckle his food from the
mamel of his mother and many others. But he is free of habits and he
is weak as anything. Then he is introduced into a house and usually
finds himself among parents, and his body is either cleansed or left
to the dirts. This shows his environment. Superficial thinkers are
apt to look on environment as (at best) a trifle motive in bringing
up, but learned men believe that a child born in the presence of some
women who say a bad word, this word, as believed by them, remains in
the brain of the child until it ejects.
Environment quickly supplies modification. The life of mountainous
goats leads them to train themselves on jumping. The camel is
flat-footed with hoofs for the sand. Some kind of cattle were wild in
the past but lived in plain lands and changed into gentle sheep. The
frog when young has her tail and nostrils like the fish, suitable for
life at sea, but changing her environment, the tail decreased. The
sea is broad and changeable, so those who live at sea are changeable
and mysterious. Put a cow in a dirty damp place and she will become
more and more slender until she die. Also horses; horse had five
fingers on his legs but now one only from running for water in the
draught. Climate also affects bodily habits of the dear Europeans
who live in Egypt. They who were smart and patient and strong with a
skin worth the name of weatherproof become also fatigable and fond
of leisure.... From the theory we learn that human beings should be
improved like the beasts by creating healthy youngs and by good
Freubel education.
‘The next short specimen essay by Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed is in
answer to the question: “What impression do you get from Shakespeare of
the character of Lady Macbeth?”: