The Destiny of Man. 31 



As we thoroughly grasp the meaning of 

 all this, we see that upon the Darwinian 

 theory it is impossible that any creature 

 zoologically distinct from Man and supe- 

 rior to him should ever at any future time 

 exist upon the earth. In the regions of 

 unconditional possibility it is open to any 

 one to argue, if he chooses, that such a 

 creature may come to exist ; but the Dar- 

 winian theory is utterly opposed to any 

 such conclusion. According to Darwinism, 

 the creation of Man is still the goal toward 

 which Nature tended from the beginning. 

 Not the production of any higher creature, 

 but the perfecting of Humanity, is to be 

 the glorious consummation of Nature's 

 long and tedious work. Thus we sud- 

 denly arrive at the conclusion that Man 

 seems now, much more clearly than ever, 

 the chief among God's creatures. On the 

 primitive barbaric theory, which Mr. Dar- 

 win has swept away, Man was suddenly 

 flung into the world by the miraculous act 

 of some unseen and incalculable Power act- 



