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Talking of domesticated animals and plants 

 he observes, "they must be well distinguished 

 from permanent races, which, for aught we 

 know, may be primordial, for breeds are the 

 result of the fostering care of man; they are 

 the product of the limited influence and control 

 the human mind has over organized beings, and 

 not the free product of mere physical agents. 

 They shew, therefore, that even the least im- 

 portant changes, which may take place during 

 one and the same cosmic period among animals 

 and plants, are controlled by an intellcctwd 

 power, and do not result from the immediate 

 action of physical causes." -( Page 82.) 



"Modern science, however, can shew in tJn> 

 most satisfactory manner, that all finite beings 

 have made their appearance successively and at 

 long intervals, and that each kind of organized 

 beings has existed for a definite period of time, 

 in past ages, and that those now living are of 

 comparatively recent origin. At the same time 

 the order of their succession and their immuta- 

 bility, during such cosmic periods, shew no 

 casual connexion with physical agents, and the 

 known sphere of action of those agents in nature, 

 but argue in favour of repeated intervention- 

 on the part of the Creator." (Page 84.) 



Now these are the deliberately-expressed opin- 

 ions of men who have devoted their lives to 

 the study of these questions. No one will, 1 

 think, be bold enough to say the conclusions 

 arrived at by such men as Owen or Agassiz 



