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can the load of prejudice by which this subject is overwhelmed be 

 removed."* 



Gentlemen, each year as it passes brings that future more and 

 more into view. Labourers in the field, labourers in the closet, are 

 everywhere hastening its approach. Ingatherings from all parts 

 of the world keep coming in. The good work of setting up the 

 truth on one side or the other progresses fast. What part will 

 you take in it 1 



* Origin of Species, p. 482. 



