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through amphibia, change into mammalia " but all the 

 present inhabitants of land and air descend from animals 

 of the sea." 



In short, it is plain, in the presence of these facts and 

 those named by Mr. Darwin himself, that it is not by 

 any means necessary that an evolutionist should be also 

 a Darwinian, and so, consequently, likewise, both non- 

 teleological and non-theological. We have seen names of 

 excellent evolutionists that were not only excellent theists, 

 but admirable Christians as well. 



After all, it is just possible that the essential con- 

 clusion here may be Mr. Darwin's own. We know 

 already that, speaking to his friend Hooker of the muta- 

 bility of species, he says (ii. 39) this: "Lamarck in his 

 absurd though clever work has done the subject harm, 

 as has Mr. Vestiges, and, as (some future loose naturalist 

 will perhaps say) has Mr. D. ! " 



