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theory sufficient weight to command the assent of 

 anyone who is competent to estimate the value 

 of the evidence offered in its support. The degree 

 of probability which already attaches to the theory 

 of Evolution is very great, as all who have taken 

 the trouble to investigate its claims must admit; 

 and every new discovery in the realms of animate 

 nature but contributes towards placing the theory 

 on a firmer and more impregnable basis. 



Such being the case the question now is: Which 

 of the two theories is the more probable, Evolution 

 or special creation? Both of them, it must be ad- 

 mitted, rest upon a certain number of postulates; 

 both of them have much to be said in their fav- 

 or, as both of them may be assailed with numer- 

 ous and serious objections. For our present purpose 

 it will here suffice to repeat the answer of the Abb 

 Guillemet, who tells us that Evolution, as against 

 special creation, has this in its favor, that it ex- 

 plains and coordinates the facts and phenomena 

 of nature in a most beautiful and simple manner; 

 whereas the theory of special creation not only 

 explains nothing and is incapable of explaining 

 anything, but, by its very nature, tends to impede 

 research, to bar progress, or, as he phrases it, "it 

 forces science into a blind alley met la science 

 dans une impasse" 



Genesiac Days, Flood, Fossils and Antiquity 

 of Man. 



As matters now stand, the case of special cre- 

 ation versus Evolution is analogous to several 



