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unjust to Darwin to attribute to him the mon 

 istic theory of Haeckel. We think it is ex 

 ceeding the limits of truth to associate Dar 

 win's name with the theory that "the whole 

 world has come into existence without a cre 

 ator and through merely mechanical causes." 

 So far, indeed, is this from the truth that Dar 

 win, if his own words mean anything, believed 

 that the original organic forms came into exist 

 ence by means of a creative act. Even in the 

 later editions of the " Origin of Species" Dar 

 win accepts the doctrine of creation of the orig 

 inal organic forms. He frankly discusses the 

 question " whether species have been created 

 at one or at more points of the earth's surface," 

 and thinks that "the simplicity of the view 

 that each species was first produced within a 

 single region captivates the mind." He argues 

 that "to my mind it accords better with what 

 we know of the laws impressed on matter by 

 the Creator, that the production and extinction 

 of the past and present inhabitants of the 

 world should have been due to secondary 

 causes"; and in the concluding chapter of his 

 famous work he tells us: "There is' a grandeur 



