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Hasty conclusions ... ... ... ... ... 334 



Attempts to revert to ancient hypotheses ... ... ... ... 334 



Scientific observers ought not to start from faith ... ... ... 334 



Scientific observers not blessed by any church ... ... ... 335 



Scientific investigation must be free ... ... ... ... ---335 



Neither theological nor scientific tests to be permitted 336 



Religious bodies will never again interfere with the prosecution of 



science ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 336 



Argument of design considered from a new point of view... ... 337 



Non-living and living mechanisms are distinct ... ... ... 338 



Evolution of structure from structureless ... ... ... ... 338 



Must not argue from machines . ... ... ... ... ... 338 



Human ingenuity and Infinite power. .. ... ... .. ... 339 



Argument from imperfections and faulty construction ... ... 340 



Philosophical half-truths ... ... 340 



Man began as a formless mass . ... ... ... ... ... 341 



Mr. Herbert Spencer's "un differentiated aggregate of protoplasm " 342 

 Vital and physical changes of a distinct order ... ... ... 343 



Creator of the living must be living ... ... ... ... ... 344 



Contemplation of animal machinery ... ... ... ... ... 344 



Idea of design strengthened ... ... ... ... ... ... 345 



It may be necessary to give up idea of design ... 345 



Advantages enjoyed by strong brethren of science ... ... ... 345 



Anticipating the discoveries of our successors ... ... ... 346 



Living matter not yet explained by laws of physics... ... ... 346 



Philosophers of the future ... ... ... ,,. ... ... 347 



Argument of design, and the structure of papillae of frog's tongue... 348 

 Arrangement of nerves and muscles ... ... .. : ... ... 348 



Facts of the arrangement of nerves not explained ixy physics ... 349 



Design and purpose ... ... ... ... ... 349 



Each papilla formed from the formless ... ... ... ... 349 



Papilla did not result from tentative experiments 350 



Contemplation of structure and action of papillae ... ... ... 350 



Evolutionists do not illustrate their hypothesis by appealing to 



minute structure ,.. ... ... ... ... 351 



Actions are perfect from the first ... ... ... 352 



Actions are not perfected by experiment ... ... ... ... 352 



Action of bioplasm not due to experience 353 



Mr. Darwin's views about the eye ... ... ... ... ... 353 



Difficulties of explaining formation of tissue by natural selection ... 354 

 No tissue formed by gradual improvement ... ... ... 355 



Transmission of modifications of the eye ... ... ... ---355 



Heredity and adaptivity not physical 355 



Strauss' views on the eye ... ... ... ... ... ... 355 



The tendency of opinion not evidence . ... ... .. ... 356 



Science and her interests ... ... ... ... ... ... 357 



Report of meeting of British Association. Views on design ... 357 



The vermiform appendix a mistake 357 



Theism not disproved by science ... ... ... 358 



