66 WESLEY MILLS ON HIBEKNATION, ETC. 



It has often occurred to me that possibly it' such cousideratiou were kept iu mind \vc 

 should not be so disposed to assume that the conditions under which life now exists are 

 precisely those under which it always did exist. 



Would not a little more biological agnosticism help such sciences as geology and 

 palaeontology '^ 



