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tributes greatly to the charm of his strictly philosophical 

 writings, but he does not hesitate, in accordance with 

 Professor TyndalTs advice, to let it take the place of science 

 when the means and methods of science fail." 



" In section D (Anthropological Department) the 

 meeting was held in the great lecture theatre of the 

 museum, so as to accommodate the large number of 

 persons who desired to attend. The question of human 

 relationship to the ape was again talked about (for it 

 cannot be said to have been discussed) by many speakers 

 who vied with one another in loudness of declamation and 

 shallowness of argument." 



" This assumption is the very point to be proved. To 

 argue from it is to assume the whole doctrine of evolution. 

 The assertion in question is scientific or not, according as 

 it is true or not. The only scientific question is whether, 

 as a matter of fact, species have been developed by force of 

 circumstances out of other species, and man out of an ape. 

 It is certainly no scientific argument to assume that they 

 must have been." 



" Starting from the unsubstantial presumption just in- 

 dicated, Mr. Darwin proceeds to speculate on the manner 

 of man's developement, without being able to adduce the 



