449, ELEMENTARY GEOLOGY 
there are many who believe that the ancestry of man, 
| like that of other creatures 
upon the earth, has been 
from some lower type; and 
that all life on the earth 
is an illustration of the law 
of progress which seems to 
be everywhere expressing 
Fic. 259. itself. For some reason, 
A Tertiary cephalopod. (Enclimato- variously explained, there 
ceras ulrichi.) 
has been an_ evolution 
among the lower forms of life, whose ultimate result 
has been higher development and more perfect adap- 
tation to surroundings. In 
this progress some see merely 
the working of a blind law, 
while others find distinct evi- 
dence of supreme guidance. 
The belief in this evolution 
by no means necessitates aban- 
donment of the belief in crea- 
tion and Creator. To make 
the world and the life of the 
world ever better would cer- 
tainly not be out of harmony 
with the belief in divine 
Fic. 260. 
guidance of earthly matters. — Dinomis; a Quaternary bird. 
