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tli.'ory; and that, too, a picture paiiid more than 

 . ruries previously, when biological nd geological 

 ce were scarcely in embryo. By th side of that 

 n'^\ however, he placed the latest aspt of the evo- 

 Ji theory. The disingenuousness of siii a compari- 

 !s grotesque. It is not asserted that P)fossor Huxlev 

 the comparison to be disingenuous. must be as- 

 d tliat he intended to be fair and j-t. Wo will 

 t, then, that he did not know the Mtonic picture 

 a mere burlesque of the science ofthose holding 

 'creation theory."" We will admit, iu.tiicr words. 

 ^ lie liad not informed himself concern ir the theory 

 " - he publicly proposed to overthrow, )ut succeeded 

 V ill ridiculing. 



But the lecturer attempted also to showiiat the Mil- 

 order of creation is not sustained b>i)alieontology. 

 11, if the language of Milton means andimplies whit 

 lecturer claimed, we must admit thatthe scienti^c 

 ord diverges. But what was the nc^ of setting 



blind old John Milton and knocking hii down again 

 id the jeers of such an audience ? I would hair 

 in an equal feat to indict and convk Id Thomas 



irnet for the showing of his " Sacr 

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