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on the material world the power to evolve them 

 under suitable conditions.&quot; 



Mr. Mivart then cites certain passages from St. 

 Augustin, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Cornelius a 

 Lapide, and finally adds : 



&quot;As to Suarez, it will be enough to refer to Disp. xv. sec. 2, 

 No. 9, p. 508, t. i. edition Vives, Paris ; also Nos. 1315. 

 Many other references to the same effect could easily be given, 

 but these may suffice. 



&quot;It is then evident that ancient and most venerable theo 

 logical authorities distinctly assert derivative creation, and 

 thus their teachings harmonise with all that modern science 

 can possibly require.&quot; 



It will be observed that Mr. Mivart refers solely 

 to Suarez s fifteenth Disputation, though he adds, 

 &quot; Many other references to the same effect could 

 easily be given.&quot; I shall look anxiously for these 

 references in the third edition of the &quot; Genesis of 

 Species.&quot; For the present, all I can say is, that 

 I have sought in vain, either in the fifteenth 

 Disputation, or elsewhere, for any passage in 

 Suarez s writings which, in the slightest degree, 

 bears out Mr. Mivart s views as to his opinions. 1 



The title of this fifteenth Disputation is &quot; De 

 causa formali substantial!/ and the second section 

 of that Disputation (to which Mr. Mivart refers) 

 is headed, &quot; Quomodo possit forma substantialis 

 fieri in materia et ex materia ? &quot; 



1 The edition of Suarez s Disputationcs from which the follow 

 ing citations are given, is Birckmann s, in two volumes folio, 

 and is dated 1630. 



