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DR. BATEMAN ON DARWINISM. 1 



DR. BATEMAN S argument against Darwinism 

 is based upon a fallacy which is quite commonly 

 shared by those who have failed to comprehend 

 the doctrine of evolution. 2 This is the fallacy of 

 supposing that the Darwinian theory can be over 

 thrown simply by insisting upon the obvious fact 

 that the intelligence and acquirements of man are 

 enormously almost incommensurably greater 

 than the intelligence and acquirements of the 

 highest apes. As urged in the case of language, 

 Dr. Bateman s argument is not original with 

 him, as he seems to suppose ; it has already been 

 urged by Max Miiller, a writer far more distin 

 guished for brilliancy of expression than for pro 

 fundity of thought. In substance it consists of 

 three propositions : 



1 Darwinitm Tested by Lanyunf/e. By Frederic Bateman, M. Do 

 With a Preface by E. M. Goulburn, D. D., Dean of Norwich. Lon 

 don. New York : Scrilmer and Welford. 1878. 



2 On this point see my Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, 1874, Part II, 

 chaps, xxi., xxii. 



