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that ever adorned the world, have incontestably 

 proved to be true. 



And here I will make a remark upon a passage, 

 contained in the last edition of Mr. Darwin's 

 book, which I confess that I read with mingled 

 feelings of astonishment, and regret. It is as 

 follows : 



"A celebrated author, and Divine, has written 

 to me, that 'he has gradually learnt to see that 

 it is just as noble a conception of the Deity, to 

 believe that He created a few original forms, 

 capable of self-development into other and needful 

 forms, as to believe that He required a fresh act 

 of creation to supply the voids caused by the 

 action of His laws.' ' 



I think we ought to have had the name of 

 this Divine, given with this remarkable statement. 

 I confess that I have not yet fully made up my 

 mind, that any Divine could have ever penned 

 lines, so fatal to the truths he is called upon 

 to teach. How does he reconcile the origin of 

 man from one of a few forms, with the history 

 of Creation, as contained in the first chapter of 

 Genesis? If this Divine doubts the truth of the 

 Mosaic account, how does he reconcile the doctrine 

 of progressive development, with that of original 

 sin, and the consequent necessity for a Redeemer? 

 If man is only a superiorly-developed ape, when 

 in his history did he emerge from apehood into 

 manhood? According to Mr. Darwin, the change 

 must have taken immense time, and have been 

 most gradual, for Natura non facit sallum. Now 



