SUPPLEMENT 257 



1. My eleven opponents did not, collectively, succeed 

 in encountering and refuting me on the ground of 

 scientific facts, and of the philosophical deductions 

 from them. 



2. Some of my opponents strayed from the 

 subject of my lectures, and turned, what professed 

 to be a scientific discussion of them, into an attack 

 upon the Catholic Church, doing this in the name of 

 free science. 



3. If the supporters of free research were able 

 to combat my statements only in this way, they 

 have provided me with the best possible proof that 

 these scientific and philosophical opinions regarding 

 the theory of evolution, which I, as both a Christian 

 and a scientist, have put forward, do not clash with 

 the principles of really free research. 



