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artificial arrangement of natural forces, and the 
production, in the future, of a fish by means. 
analogous to those by which we now produai 
urea. 
“And this because they know that the possi- 
bility of such phenomena, though by no means 
actually foreseen, has yet been fully provided for 
in the old philosophy centuries before Darwin, or 
even centuries before Bacon, and that their place in 
the system can be at once assigned them without 
even disturbing its order or marring its harmony, — 
“ Moreover, the old tradition in this respect has 
never been abandoned, however much it may have 
been ignored or neglected by some modern writers. 
In proof of this, it may be observed that perhaps 
no post-medizval theologian has a wider reception 
amongst Christians throughout the world than 
Suarez, who has a separate section + in opposition — 
to those who maintain the distinct creation of the 
various kinds—or substantial forms—of organic 
life” (pp. 19—21). , 
Still more distinctly does Mr. Mivart express 
himself in the same sense, in his last chapter, 
entitled “ Theology and Evolution ” (pp. 302-5). 
“It appears, then, that Christian thinkers are— 
perfectly free to accept the general evolution 
theory. But are there any theological authorities 
to justify this view of the matter ? 
1 Suarez, Aletaphysica. Edition Vivés. Paris, 1868, vol. i, | 
Disput. xv. § 2. 
