212 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY chap, ix 



Until it is shown that the first two propositions are 

 not oontained in the first chapter of Genesis, and that 

 the second pair are not justified by the present condition 

 of our knowledge, I must continue to maintain that 

 natural science and the •• Mossaic " account of the ori'nn 

 of animals and plants are in irreconcilahle antag-Dnism. 



As I greatly desire that this broad isue should not be 

 obscured by the discussion of minor points, I propose to 

 defer what I mar hare to sar about the great " shehretz " 

 and " rehmes ^ question till to-morrow. 



On February 11 he wrote once more, a^ain takint' 

 certain broader aspects of the problem presented by 

 the first chapter of Genesis. He expressed his belief, 

 as he had expressed it in 1869, that theism is not 

 logically antagonistic to evolution. If, he continues, 

 the account in Genesis, as PhUo of Alexandria held, 

 is only a poem or allegory, where is the proof that 

 any one non-natural interpretation is the right one t 

 and he concludes by pointing out the difficulties in 

 the way of those who, like the famous thirtv-eisht, 

 assert the infallibility of the Bible as guanmteed br 

 the infallibility of the Church- 

 Apart from letters and occasional controversy, he 

 published this year only one magazine article and a 

 single volume of collected essays, though he was busy 

 preparing the Eomanes Lecture for 1893, the more 

 so because there was some chance that Mr. Gladstone 

 would be unable to deliver the first of the lectures in 

 1892, and Huxley had promised to be ready to take 

 his place if necessary. 



The volume (called Controverted Questions) which 



