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When discussing the paper of Mr. Henslow 

 on evohition, he says : " In speaking of this 

 paper I must commend the exceeding reverent 

 tone in which the author has discussed the sub- 

 ject, and I should hke to see all such subjects 

 discussed in a similar tone. The view which 

 Mr. Henslow brings forward, however, does 

 not appear to be a very original one. It was 

 the first view ever brought forward on the 

 doctrine of evolution, and I was the first one 

 to point out that the whole doctrine was one 

 of retrograde character. The whole tone and 

 character of this paper, except that which re- 

 lates to the attributes and moral government 

 of God,^ is nothing more or less than the same 

 view of the doctrine of evolution which "created 

 such a sensation in this country when that 

 famous book came out, ' The Vestiges of Crea- 

 tion.' So far as I can understand the argu- 

 ments of Mr. Darwin, they have simply been 

 an endeavor to eject out of the idea of evolu- 

 tion the personal work of the Deity. His 

 whole endeavor has been to push the Creator 

 farther and farther back out of view. The 



^ The second part of Mr. Henslow's paper concerns "the 



methods of the Deity as revealed to us in the Bible." The 



.*a!i)e is substantially true of his work, The Theory ofEvnhi- 

 lio/t. 



