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objections of the various speakers are for the 

 most part met directly, and Father Wasmann 

 shows that, whatever the merits of his theory 

 of evolution, he is deeply versed in the prin 

 ciples of sound Christian philosophy. Indeed, 

 whatever inconsistencies or logical lapsings we 

 may deprecate in his lectures, there is little to 

 be desiderated in his comment. In not more 

 than two instances has he failed, we think, to 

 meet the objections of his opponents squarely 

 and forcibly, and to crush them with overwhelm 

 ing logic. 



Father Wasmann as an Evolutionist 



But it is not because of the discussion, unique 

 though it all was, that this article is written. 

 We were wholly unacquainted with Father 

 Wasmann's writings. We knew in a vague 

 way that Father Wasmann had been coquetting 

 with evolution of some kind. We regarded 

 ourselves as tolerably familiar with everything 

 of importance that could be adduced in favor of 

 the somewhat inconsequential and tardy theory. 

 A somewhat close attention to the arguments 

 of Darwin, to the pugnacious contentions of 



