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" Further, if we consider the oldest of the 

 still existing varieties of termites, viz., the Aus 

 tralian genus Mastotermes, and compare the 

 formation of the wings with that of the Blat- 

 tidae, or cockroaches, both fossil and still ex 

 istent, we shall -probably find that the termites 

 in some prehistoric palaeozoic age were evolv 

 ed from one and the same stock as the ances 

 tors of our present black-beetles." 



Father Wasmann adds, " I might give many 

 such instances, but it is time for me to pass on 

 to my photographs." 



This then is the whole argument from pal 

 eontology which Father Wasmann furnishes as 

 the indirect and only proof that evolution has 

 taken place throughout all space and through 

 out all time, and that it is still at work through 

 out the entire universe. These indirect 

 " proofs" are a fair sample of the evolutionist's 

 method of argument and give us a fair notion 

 of what is meant by " the proofs of evolution." 

 We regret to find Father Wasmann falling 

 into the slip-slop of the evolutionist, and for 

 this reason we shall deal with the argument 

 somewhat at length. 



