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" serious doubts as to the truth of his famous 

 theory"; and there is tolerably good evidence to 

 the contrary. The second edition of his work, 

 published in 1876, proves that he entertained no 

 such doubts then; a letter to Professor Semper, 

 whose objections, in some respects, forestalled 

 those of Mr. Murray, dated October 2, 1879, ex- 

 p esses his continued adherence to the opinion 

 "that the atolls and barrier reefs in the middle 

 of the Pacific and Indian Oceans indicate sub- 

 sidence"; and the letter of my friend Professor 

 Judd, printed at the end of this article (which 

 I had perhaps better say Professor Judd had 

 not seen) will prove that this opinion remained 

 unaltered to the end of his life. 

 Third: 



. . . Darwin's theory is a dream. It is not only unsound, 

 but it is in many respects the reverse of truth. With all his con- 

 scientiousness, with all his caution, with all his powers of ob- 

 servation, Darwin in this matter fell into errors as profound as 

 the abysses of the Pacific (p. 301). 



Really ? It seems to me that, under the circum- 

 stances, it is pretty clear that these lines exhibit a 

 lack of the qualities justly ascribed to Mr. Darwin, 

 which plunges their author into a much deeper 

 abyss, and one from which there is no hope of 

 emergence. 

 Fourth : 



All the acclamations with which it was received were as the 

 shouts of an ignorant mob (p. 301). 



