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on the material world the power to evolve them 
under suitable conditions.” 
Mr. Mivart then cites certain passages from St. 
Augustin, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Cornelius 4 
Lapide, and finally adds :— 7 
‘* As to Suarez, it will be enough to refer to Disp. xv. sec. 2, 
No. 9, p. 508, t. i. edition Vivés, Paris ; also Nos. 13—15. 
Many other references to the same effect could easily be given, 
but these may suffice. 
‘Tt is then evident that ancient and most venerable thedl 
logical authorities distinctly assert derivative creation, and 
thus their teachings harmonise with all that modern science 
can possibly require.” 
It will be observed that Mr. Mivart refers solely 
to Suarez’s fifteenth Disputation, though he adds, 
“Many other references to the same effect could 
easily be given.” I shall look anxiously for these 
references in the third edition of the “Genesis of 
Species.” For the present, all I can say is, that 
I have sought in vain, either in the fifteenth 
Disputation, or elsewhere, for any passage in 
Suarez’s writings which, in the slightest degree, 
bears out Mr. Mivart’s views as to his opinions.! — 
The title of this fifteenth Disputation is “De 
causa formali substantiali,’ and the second section 
of that Disputation (to which Mr. Mivart refers) 
is headed, “Quomodo possit forma substantialis 
fieri in materia et ex materia ?” 
1 The edition of Suarez’s Disputationes from which the follow- 
ing citations are given, is Birckmann’s, in two volumes folio, 
and is dated 1630, 
