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of evolution. We shall try to give a brief synop 

 sis of leather Wasmann's attempted rehabili 

 tation of the discredited doctrine of evolution: 



(1) He calls this theistic evolution and tells 

 us that it starts "with assuming the existence 

 of a personal Creator." 



(2) Next, "The theistic theory of the world 

 involves the idea of creation." 



(3) "Further, the theistic view, taken in con 

 junction with the creation of matter, lays down 

 as its foundation the subjection to law of the 

 whole cosmic evolution and of the entire evo 

 lution of the inorganic world, asserting that 

 the first combination of atoms or electrons con 

 tained the definite material disposition from 

 which, in the course of the succeeding millions 

 of years, all the various constellations of at 

 oms were to result by way of natural evolu 

 tion. Thus we have a sufficient foundation and 

 a sufficient primary cause for the further nat 

 ural evolution of the whole inorganic world 

 and this to me appears a very reasonable 

 view to take." 



(4) We have thus got down to the time when 

 life began to exist on the globe, and "in order 



