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must act, than that in which he describes it to 

 disprove its existence." (Pages 245-6.) 



On the whole theory. 



U 0n what then is the new theory based? 

 We say it with unfeigned regret, in dealing with 

 such a man as Mr. Darwin, on the merest hy- 

 pothesis, supported by the most unbounded as- 

 sumptions. " (Page 248.) 



"In the name of all true philosophy, we 



protest against such a mode of dealing with 

 nature, as utterly dishonourable to all natural 

 science, as reducing it from its present lofty level, 

 of being one of the noblest trainers of man's 

 intellect, and instructors of his mind, to being 

 a mere idle play of the fancy without, the basis 

 of fact, or the discipline of observation." (Page 

 250.) 



On the question of creation of organized beings, 

 as "eggs, or seed, or full-grown? and in the case 

 of mammals, were they created bearing the false 

 mark of nourishment from their mothers' wombs?" 

 (Darwin, 483.) 



To these questions we have the following fine 

 answer : 



"It is inherent in the idea of the creation of 

 beings, which are to reproduce their like by 

 natural succession; for in such a world, place 

 the beginning where you will, that beginning 

 must contain the apparent history of a past, 

 which existed only in the mind of the Creator. 



If, with Mr. Darwin, you consider man to 



be an improved ape, you only carry the difficulty 



