122 WHAT IS DARWINISM? 



authority on evolution, leaves no place for 

 this compromise, and shows that the theory, 

 carried out to its legitimate consequences, ex- 

 cludes the knowledge of a Creator and the 

 possibility of his w^ork. We have, therefore, 

 to choose between evolution and creation, 

 bearing in mind, however, that there may be 

 a place in nature for evolution, properly lim- 

 ited, as well as for other things, and that the 

 idea of creation by no means excludes law and 

 second causes." (p. 321) 



" It may be said, that evolution may be held 

 as a scientific doctrine in connection with a 

 modified belief in creation. The work of act- 

 ual creation may have been limited to a few 

 elementary types, and evolution may have 

 done the rest. Evolutionists may still be the- 

 jsts. We have already seen that the doctrine, 

 as carried out to its logical consequences, ex- 

 cludes creation and theism. It may, however, 

 be shown that even in its more modified form, 

 and when held by men who maintain that they 

 are not atheists, it is practically atheistic, be- 

 cause excluding the idea of- plan and design, 

 and resolving all things into the action of un- 

 intelligent forces. It is necessary to observe 

 this, because it is the half-wav-evolutionism. 



