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argument from development was broken. And his 

 final language is fully vindicated : " They began to 

 be, through the miracle of creation." Thus, then, 

 from this apparent danger, has the human mind 

 been quickened; and nature, summoned to testify 

 against the existence of a personal God, has from 

 the deep strata given such a response as proves His 

 being to all the ablest geologists of the world. 



In all I have thus far said of the bearing of 

 Natural History upon Religion, I have not once 

 referred to a written Revelation. But the time is 

 past when it is considered out of place to refer with 

 respect to the Bible, even in a temple of science. 

 But how long would it maintain its power in this 

 age, if it could be shown to contradict the teachings 

 of science? It might exert a power in dark ages 

 and among ignorant men, as the sacred books of 

 other religions, the Koran and Vedas, have so long 

 done. But the human mind must change before a 

 book shall hold its sway against the teachings of 

 Nature, as science now unfolds them. There are in 

 science some things at least sure, and they must, 

 and will have their weight. A book is written by 



