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nigh crushed. And, for my part, I trust that 

 this antagonism will never cease; but that, to 

 the end of time, true science will continue to fulfil 

 one of her most beneficent functions, that of 

 relieving men from the burden of false science 

 which is imposed upon them in the name of 

 religion. 



This is the work that M. SeVille and men such 

 as he are doing for us ; this is the work which his 

 opponents are endeavouring, consciously or uncon- 

 sciously, to hinder. 



