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teach that all that is known of the antiquity 

 of man falls within the limits of Biblical chro- 

 nology. The further, however, Darwinians 

 push back the origin of man, the stronger, as 

 against them, becomes the argument for the 

 immutability of species. The earliest remains 

 of man show that at his first appearance, he 

 was in perfection. The oldest known human 

 skull is that called the " Engis," because found 

 in the cave of Engis in Belgium. Of this skull 

 Professor Huxley says it may have belonged 

 to an individual of one of the existing races of 

 men. Principal Dawson, who has a cast of it, 

 on the same shelf with the skulls of some Al- 

 gonquin Indians, says it might be taken for 

 the skull of an American Indian. Indeed, Daw- 

 son seems to think that these fossil human re- 

 mains go to show that the earliest men were 

 better developed than any of the extant races. 



Thirdly. The historical evidence accessible 

 all goes to prove the immutability of species. 

 The earliest historical records and the oldest 

 monuments prove that all extant animals were 

 what the}^ now are thousands of years ago. 



Fourthly. The fact that hybrids cannot be 

 perpetuated, that no device of man can pro- 

 duce a new species, is proof that God has fixed 

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