LE TRANSFORMISME IOI 
..« It is one of a series... It is, in other words, an 
introduction and guide to science for the rising generation 
of French Canadians. » 
. «The first paragraph... is as follows: «The infal- 
«lible anthority of the Church — (have I neglected to 
«mention that the reverse of the title-page of this text- 
« book for secondary schools bears the imprint, «V?#%2/ 
« obstat », followed by the signature of the censor designa- 
«tus» and the 2»primatur of the bishop administrator 
«of Quebec? )—the infallible authority of the Church has 
«made no definite determination as to the date when God 
«created man»... 
« The second part of the chapter... begins with a reco- 
enition and demonstration of the unusually favorable con- 
dition of the infants of Quebec as regards science. 
« With us, writes the good Abbe, «the little child when 
«it (1) has well learned its (2) catechism is sure of the 
«solution of the most grave problems which can disturb 
«the human mind ;»... 
«M. Huard then proceeds to a brief setting forth of the 
actual hypothesis—the absurd hypothesis— of transior- 
misin, and of the trivial and thoroughly exploded alleged 
factors of this evolution : »... 
«M. Huard then offers a series of scientific criticisms of 
evolution which are sufficient in themselves to make un- 
tenable any belief in it, without making appeal at all to 
those other presumably even more convincing »74041fs très 
s’il était plus sorti des magazines «américains», il saurait que notre 
Abrégé de Géologie, y compris les pages sur l’Evolution, est l'exact ré- 
sumé des connaissances géologiques de notre époque. Nous le mettons 
au défi de démontrer le contraire. 
LL STE CNAC. 
2. Îdem. 
