The Evidence Furnished by Embryology 



tors have passed. It develops vi^Ithln a few weeks' time the 

 form or forms that required millions of years for its ances- 

 tors to assume. These kaleidoscopic changes, these various 

 forms represent the superstructure of the life form that is 

 to follow. Before a wheel of a machine can be cast, the ore 

 must first be mined, smelted and transported; so in moulding 

 the human form the preliminary work must be done in order 

 that the basic structure can be formed. Each successive step 

 in the development of the human embryo shows where one 

 ancestor stopped and the next ancestor, a little better 

 equipped for life's struggle, began. Each of these ancestors 

 have played their part in the plan of life, and as they are 

 again reincarnated as a part of the higher form toward which 

 all life has tended, they each leave the useful accomplish- 

 ments of their lives as a heritage for the higher life of which 

 they are now a part. No effort in Nature is wasted. Mis- 

 takes have been made but it is through the overcoming of 

 mistakes that perfection is attained. The useless parts have 

 been cast off and the useful ones retained. 



By way of illustration, let us suppose that a beautiful 

 building is standing on some commanding landscape. It is 

 constructed of many parts and its construction represents 

 the experiences of the preceding ages. The materials of 

 which it is made have come from no one time or place but 

 they have been gathered and compounded into the beautiful 

 and useful structure that it now is. The foundation stones 

 have come from the quarry where they were formed mil- 

 lions of years ago. In taking out these foundation stones, 

 the earth, and the defective parts have been left behind and 

 only the pure and perfect parts have been used. The lumber 



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