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ire so allied to those now existing that the fossil 

 and living animals make one grand whole, the lines 

 of the great plans of creation never crossing. Kach 

 plan is like an order in architecture, giving diversity 

 in execution, but never entirely losing its identity. 

 The marked difference in the plan of structure in 

 the four great divisions of animal life, in which plan 

 can be fully recognised, is a great point against 

 development theories ; and even in the same division 

 it seems imj >< ..vsible that all the diverse forms should 

 have ori fr.m one. \Yh. rsuade him- 



self that all the different kinds of shells that can 

 fuml upon any beach, were derived from the same 

 Stock? lUit it is said that they shade into each 

 other, and so attempts h a made to ignore all 



dividing lin !:awn in nature. We acknow- 



led. liate forms, and 



we admit that varieties have been mistaken for 

 ; but notwithstanding this, as science ad- 

 vances, distinct plans of structure stand out in 

 clearer light, and we believe that distinct plans of 

 creation and distinct creations of will be 



recognised as the teachings of the rocks of the earth. 

 They are ti historic record of the change in 



animal life ; to them must be our final appeal. And 

 we feel thankful for such a book as this ; a book 

 which will be more and more read while the world 

 stands a book which no man ever has altered, and 

 no man can alter. He may mistranslate it ; but the 

 text remains unchanged, and coming generations 

 may read for themselves. 



