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partement augmentent considérablement. Mais le soussigné 

 est d'avis qu'une plus grande attention pourrait être apportée 

 à la collection de bois. Pourquoi nos riches marchands de bois 

 de Québec n'encourageraient-ils pas le développement d'une aussi 

 utile collection ? Le soussigné espère fermement qu'ils répon- 

 dront à son appel en ayant à cœur de rendre cette importante 

 section digne de la belle société dont ils font partie et du grand 

 commerce de bois qu'ils ont rendu si prospère. 



J.-F. Belleau, 

 Directeur du Musée. 



( L 'Evénement ( Québec), 14 janvier 1922. ) 

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WOBBLING SCIENCE. 



A distinguished biologist from England, Prof essor William 

 Bateson, has been giving his views in the Toronto papers on 

 Darwinism and the "Descent of Man. " 



We take the following headings from The Globe containing 

 his interview : " Men of science are told that former beliefs 

 must be abandoned, " " Theory of Darwin still remains un- 

 proved, and missing link between monkey and man has not yet 

 been discovered by science, " " Distinguished biologist from 

 Britain delivers outstanding address on failure of science to 

 support theory that man arrived on earth through process 

 of natural sélection and évolution of species. " 



And so "the missing link is still missing, and the Darwinian 

 Theory of the origin of species is not proved. " Believing in 

 évolution "in dim outline," Prof essor Bateson pronounced the 

 cause of the Origin of Species as uttcrly mysterious. Thèse, 

 then, are the most modem pronouncements of Science on 

 théories that upset thousands of minds some years ago, and 

 caused many a foolish young man to lose his faith in religion 

 utterly. For they said in thosc days : "See how the Bible is 

 discredited by up-to-date knowledge ! Where now is the story 



