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opinions of The Times, which are not so nattering to the 

 scientific attainments or reasoning- powers of the Darwin- 

 ites as their own estimate of themselves. 



" For this reason we must needs express our disappoint- 

 ment with the more important part of Mr. Darwin's book. 

 His discussion of the faculties of man in comparison with 

 those of animals appears to us utterly inadequate to the 

 subject, independently of its being insufficient to sustain 

 his theory. As it seems to us, he has not merely failed, 

 but he has not duly grappled with the essential difficulties 

 of the question. He has thought it possible to leap by the 

 aid of a few illustrations over the momentous and arduous 

 questions respecting the mental powers of men and 

 animals, and the moral nature of man is dissected with a 

 most rapid and unpenetrating hand. Wo can only express 

 our conviction on this point by saying that on these 

 subjects Mr. Darwin appears quite out of his element." 



" For a natural philosopher to appeal to such superficial 

 resemblances is much tl:o same as for an astronomer to 

 appeal to the apprehension of the vulgar with respect to 

 the motions of the heavenly bodies." 



" But the truth is that Mr. Darwin's argument is at 

 every point supplemented by enormous assumption. 



