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DARWINISM AND VIVISECTION 



THAT would be a very incomplete record of the life 

 of Mr. Morris which did not make some mention of 

 his attitude towards what is commonly known as 

 the Darwinian theory of evolution, and the views 

 to which he gave utterance with reference thereto ; 

 for not only did he feel strongly upon the subject, 

 but of all the clergy of the Church of England who 

 made public their opinions there was probably not 

 one who wrote at greater length, more outspokenly, 

 vehemently, and decidedly than he. When, there- 

 fore, the clergy were alluded to, as they not seldom 

 were, as being opposed to the tendencies of the 

 new ideas, it was well-nigh impossible to sever his 

 name from that connection, being, as he was, one 

 of the first and foremost in exposing what he con- 

 ceived to be the extravagant and illogical deduc- 

 tions that had been too hastily drawn from some of 

 Darwin's writings by those who were carried away 

 by his theories. There were, no doubt, many who 

 deplored and repudiated the line he took, as well as 

 the strong language and bantering tone that he fre- 

 quently employed, but there were also many others 



who were wholly at one with him. 



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