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the worst Mr. Darwin could have selected to 

 illustrate his theory. If we look at the beautiful 

 manner in which its conical larynx is made to 

 project into the posterior nares, when the animal 

 is breathing, (thus forming a communication with 

 the atmosphere, although the rest of the head 

 may be under water, and the mouth filled,) and 

 the means by which water is consequently ex- 

 pelled in the mere act of deglutition and closure 

 of the pharynx; if we look at the exquisite manner 

 in which the substitutes for teeth, the lamina? 

 of whalebone, allow water to pass through them, 

 but not a single creature, however small, that 

 is destined for the whale's food; if we look at 

 its enormous size, its wonderful structure, its 

 residence in arctic seas, producing by its mode 

 of feeding, the principal means of supplying heat 

 and food to a large race of human beings, its 

 curious instincts, its longevity, its affection for 

 its young we have one more unmistakable 

 proof of Design, and of Special Creation another 

 monument of the Goodness, the Wisdom, and the 

 Omnipotence of God. 



It certainly is not worth while to speculate 

 upon the rudimentary teeth in the calf. Mr. Dar- 

 win adduces them as a proof that the ox is 

 descended from an animal, which once had teeth 

 in this part of the upper jaw, which, having 

 become unnecessary to the ruminants, were ob- 

 literated by gradual disuse. It is equally im- 

 possible to answer such arguments, because 

 they have nothing but the merest and wildest 



