The Destiny of Man, Viewed in the Light of his Origin. By John Fiske. Copyright 1884. Published 1893 (20th edition). A book-length essay discussing human evolution and the role of infancy in the development of mankind.
John Fiske was a librarian at Harvard, later a lecturer at Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri). He lectured and published on American History and on evolution, and was a frequent contributor to the Atlantic Monthly.