Excerpt from Man: A Philosophical Treatise on the Human Race, in Three Books In Countries, as the Occidental, where the religion teaches that Man is Lord over every thing, and that beyond him and God there is nothing worthy of our serious consideration; and in an age when materialistic views are swaying men and things; when the social standing is without Virtue as a basis to rest on, and the marital tie but a connecting link with anarchy; when Mammon and their bellies are the gods of men; when Christ and his religion are but a piece of mockery to reach another end, a stricter moral Code becomes a matter of divine right. To this end, -therefore, laboring from a natural and moral impulse, does the author lay this work before the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.