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the neutral tint of what they call liberal 

 theology. 



I remember that, not long after the publication of 

 the " Vestiges," a shrewd and sarcastic countryman 

 of the author defined it as " cauld kail made het 

 again." A cynic might find amusement in the 

 reflection that, at the present time, the principles 

 and the methods of the much- vilified Vestigiarian 

 are being "made het again"; and are not only 

 " echoed by the dome of St. Paul's,"~but thundered 

 from the castle of Tnverary. But my turn of 

 mind is not cynical, and I can but regret the 

 waste of time and energy bestowed on the en- 

 deavour to deal with the most difficult problems 

 of science, by those who have neither undergone 

 the discipline, nor possess the information, which 

 are indispensable to the successful issue of such 

 an enterprise. 



I have already had occasion to remark that the 

 Duke of Argyll's views of the conduct of con- 

 troversy are different from mine ; and this much- 

 to-be lamented discrepancy becomes yet more 

 accentuated when the Duke reaches biological 

 topics. Anything that was good enough for Sir 

 Charles Lyell, in his department of study, is cer- 

 tainly good enough for me in mine ; and I by no 

 means demur to being pedagogically instructed 

 about a variety of matters with which it has been 

 the business of my life to try to acquaint myself. 

 But the Duke of Argyll is not content with 



