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who may have already been led unwittingly to 

 accept the Doctrine, and will fortify with rebutting 

 reasons those who, on the other hand, have instinc- 

 tively recoiled from it. 



In conclusion, let it be observed that, in con- 

 testing the scientific soundness of the Doctrine of 

 Evolution, and arguing for the reasonableness of the 

 common belief that all things were created by design 

 and for a purpose, I necessarily refer to the Creator's 

 wisdom and power, but I abstain from any theo- 

 logical discussion. Even if the conditions under 

 which my Lectures were delivered had permitted, it 

 would have been out of place to introduce Theolo- 

 gical arguments, seeing that my aim was, as already 

 intimated, simply to combat the claims set up for the 

 scientific validity of the Doctrine of Evolution not 

 supererogatorily to defend Revelation. 



It is commonly assumed by Evolutionists, and 

 tacitly granted them, that there are only two funda- 

 mental alternatives between which a definite decision 

 has to be made, viz. Revelation or Evolution. But 

 this I emphatically deny. Unbelief in Revelation 

 and a personal Creator is no doubt the alternative of 

 the admission of Evolution, but admission of Evolu- 

 tion is not the necessary alternative of Unbelief. 

 Excluding all belief in Revelation and a personal 



