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But even leaving Mr. Darwin's views aside, the 

 whole analogy of natural operations furnishes so 

 complete and crushing an argument against the 

 intervention of any but what are termed secondary 

 causes, in the production of all the phenomena of 

 the universe ; that, in view of the intimate rela- 

 tions between Man and the rest of the living 

 world, and between the forces exerted by the 

 latter and all other forces, I can see no excuse for 

 doubting that all are co-ordinated terms of 

 Nature's great progression, from the formless to 

 the formed from the inorganic to the organic 

 from blind force to conscious intellect and will. 



Science has fulfilled her function when she has 

 ascertained and enunciated truth ; and were these 

 pages addressed to men of science only, I should 

 now close this Essay, knowing that my colleagues 

 have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and 

 to believe that their highest duty lies in sub- 

 mitting to it, however it may jar against their 

 inclinations. 



But desiring, as I do, to reach the wider circle 

 of the intelligent public, it would be unworthy 

 cowardice were I to ignore the repugnance with 

 which the majority of my readers are likely to 

 meet the conclusions to which the most careful 

 and conscientious study I have been able to give 

 to this matter, has led me. 



On all sides I shall hear the cry " We are men 



