CHAPTER XII. 



SOME OF THE RESULTS . OF THE FOREGOING 

 THEORIES. 



THE theories thus asserted may be re- 

 garded as exceedingly radical in their char- 

 acter. Their influence may not be fully es- 

 timated. Marvellous in extent are the ramifi- 

 cations which proceed from these sources, 

 and few are the subjects of human thought 

 and investigation which will not be, to a 

 greater or less degree, affected by their in- 

 fluence. 



New channels of thought and investiga- 

 tion will be opened, and old theories which 

 now have the confidence of great minds and 

 great numbers, will quietly sink into oblivion. 



The blank astonishment and incredulity 

 with which these theories will be received, 

 will soon be followed by acceptance, and the 

 world will wonder why these things have 

 been so long delayed. 



If these theories be true, among the fore- 

 most and withal the most mischievous of the 



