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correlated with useful characters, {c) due to the en- 

 vironment, or {d) the expression of some physiologi- 

 cal peculiarity. But I see no reason for believing that 

 they have originated as mutations. 



As I said before, we encounter a multitude of mysteries 

 in the study of evolution, and these have made me a little 

 bit impatient and uncharitable toward the atheist. As man's 

 knowledge of the mysteries expands, their magnitude in- 

 creases and leaves the honest and candid man very humble 

 in mind. 



I don't see why anyone should gag at the cousinship 

 of man and the apes — the relationship is too distant. Rather 

 let him consider with awe the majesty of orderliness which 

 to the humble-minded is the subject most to be respected 

 within man's ken. Like the concept of infinity in time or 

 space, this matter passes our understanding. 



