Human Character was published in 1922 by Longmans, Green and Co (London, New York, Toronto, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras).
Hugh Samuel Roger Elliot (1881-1930) was the first English translator of Lamarck's crucial work, Philosophie Zoologique, a commentator and author of scientific works and the philosophy of science.
“Men are not governed by intellect and reason, but by passion and faith. Passion is the master.
Not reason, but faith, will ever regulate all human conduct. Thus it is that when they have struck the sensitive chords of humanity, the philosophical theories of the past have stimulated activity with more power than any legislation of kings or parliaments.
The evils we do to ourselves will only disappear under the subtle but all-encompassing influence of a true faith. Let us therefore make sure, before anything else, that our philosophy of life is true.” (Hugh Elliot, Modern Science and Materialism, 1922)