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[I. THE TRANSMUTATION OF SPECIES. 



" Not Proven " (Prof. Huxley j. 

 " Of direct and positive testimony " 

 "There is no fragment whatever " (Dr. Elam). 

 Mr. Darwin's admissions 



" Fatal " to his theory 

 Condemned by Prof. Mivart. 



CHAPTER IV. 

 "SCIENTIFIC LEVITY.* 



AGNOSTIC EVOLUTION : 



An Unverified Hypothesis 



Based on two subordinate hypotheses 



Equally unverified, 



(1) Spontaneous Generation. 



(2) The Transmutation of Species. 

 SPONTANEOUS GENERATION. 



" Does life grow out of dead matter? " (Prof. Whewell.) 

 " It is a result absolutely inconceivable." (Mr. Darwin.) 

 "Not supported by any evidence." (Dr. Carpenter.) 

 " Scientific Levity." (Humboldt.) 

 From Matter to Life : 



The attempts to bridge the chasm 



Have all failed. 

 The "nucleated vesicle" 



Is on the wrong side of the gulf. 

 The " chemico-electric operation " 



Is a mere " supposition." 

 The " Protogenes of Haeckel," and 



Dr Elam's refutation of Mr. Spencer. 

 The "line of demarcation 



between the organic and the inorganic 



Is as wide as ever." 

 Chemistry : Its century of triumphs. 



Its one conspicuous Failure. Hence 



