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danger of the strengthening of these errors by a certain use of 

 the Darwinian theory. 



&quot;My little book was directed to two objects one to show 

 that Natural Selection is not the origin of species ; the other, 

 that evolution is perfectly compatible with the strictest 

 Christian orthodoxy : and, in spite of my esteem for Mr. 

 Chauncey Wright, and a careful and respectful consideration 

 of all that he has urged, I cannot at present see my way to 

 retracting or even modifying, in deference to his criticism, 

 even a single passage of my work on The Genesis of 

 Species. &quot; 



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