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a discussion of the question, to demand clear and 

 undoubted proof of the doctrines upon which it 

 is founded. 



Now it is because I consider Mr. Darwin's 

 position untenable his facts doubtful his rea- 

 soning unsound and his deductions untrue, that 

 I venture, with a deep sense of my own short- 

 comings, to enter the list with him in a fair and 

 open manner,' and to state distinctly, but without 

 flinching, that I think the grounds of my dis- 

 belief can be clearly sustained. But it may be 

 said, why argue from Mr. Darwin's inferences? 

 Let us therefore examine for a moment his con- 

 clusion. 



It must be borne in mind, as will appear more 

 clearly when I come to analyze his arguments, 

 that Mr. Darwin considers all species of one genus 

 to have arisen from one parent, all genera from 

 one representative of an order, and all orders 

 from one member of a class; and all members 

 of a class from one member of a sub-kingdom. 

 Here he stops short in his "conclusions ;" going 

 one step further in his "inferences," and believing 

 that all "sub-kingdoms" arose from one sole 

 representative. 



Jt is very essential to bear in mind that, ac- 

 cording to this theory, there has been a progressive 

 development of animal form. Now the animal 

 kingdom is at present divided by naturalists into 

 five great divisions the Vertebrate, the Mollus- 

 cous, the Articulate, the Radiate, and the Proto- 

 zoa, sub-kingdoms. Of these man is the head 



