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covered by any existing hypotheses of evolution. We 

 may also conclude that the settlement in very early 

 times of so many great principles of construction, and 

 the majestic march of life along determinate paths 

 throughout the vast lapse of geological ages, and 

 along with so many great physical changes, cannot 

 be fortuitous, but must represent a great creative 

 plan conceived in the beginning, and carried out with 

 unchanging consistency. 



