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ually mature maiden.' (Evolution of Man, p. 347.) 

 The number of spermatozoa, generated in the sexual 

 organs of a man greatly exceeds the number of ova 

 produced by a woman. It follows that countless tril- 

 lions of spermatozoa and ova die daily, and disinte- 

 grate. 



Now, if no man can endow a spermatozoon with 

 the power to develop into a new human being; and 

 if no woman can endow an ovum with power to do so ; 

 how is it possible for either parent to endow the fer- 

 tilized ovum with that power, when it is no part of 

 the body of either of them? 



But the evolutionist maintains that the child has 

 in fact, many of the qualities, characteristics and 

 traits, both physical and mental, of its parents ; that 

 the parents transmit these qualities, characteristics 

 and traits, to their child, by and through the sperm- 

 atozoon and the ovum ; that this is the only means 

 by which the child could acquire the qualities, char- 

 acteristics and traits of its parents. Hence, the evo- 

 lutionist infers that heredity is based on the physical 

 qualities and properties of the spermatozoon and 

 ovum. 



But, as I have already argued (Sec. 15) the 

 spermatozoon and the ovum are, themselves, new, di- 

 rect and special creations, and so is the embryo body. 

 While the physical qualities and characteristics of the 

 spermatozoon may affect the body and mind of the 

 child, to some extent ; yet the child remains a new, 

 direct and special creation. 



Neither Darwin, nor any other man, has ever 

 shown how it is possible for the father, his body or 



