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His opinions were first expressed at length in 

 the year 1868, when a paper of his, -entitled 

 " Difficulties of Darwinism/' was read at the meet- 

 ing of the British Association held at Exeter. This 

 paper, which was afterwards published, with some 

 additions, raised much comment and opposition. 

 It was stated at the time by one of the leaders of 

 thought in the scientific world that the objections 

 here made to Darwin's theories had been already 

 answered; but when Mr. Morris pertinently in- 

 quired where such answers could be found, no 

 satisfactory reply was forthcoming to throw any 

 light upon the question. Many, indeed, were the 

 difficulties that presented themselves to the writer 

 of the paper, and seemed to call for elucidation. 

 It would be out of place here to specify them in 

 detail, but for the most part they were such as 

 came before his mind in connection with those 

 branches of study with which he was more specially 

 conversant, namely, ornithology and entomology. 



To those who maintained that it made no differ- 

 ence from a religious point of view whether the 

 Almighty Creator called animals and plants into 

 existence in the way that had been for ages be- 

 lieved that He did, or whether the different species 

 had been developed from some one original form, 

 Mr. Morris argued that it made the whole difference. 

 " Where," he asked, "is the setting forth of the 

 doctrine of evolution in the Book of Genesis ? I 

 see no trace or sign of it ; but I do see what is 

 agreeable to the reason which God has given me 



