86 Scientific Sophisms. 



Mr. Spencer " supposes ; " Dr. Tyndall " im- 

 agines;" Mr. Darwin "conceives." Tier on 

 tier the towering fabric totters to its fall : no 

 stability in the foundation, no continuity in the 

 superstructure; "a flimsy framework of hypo- 

 thesis, constructed upon imaginary or irrelevant 

 facts, with a complete departure from every 

 established canon of scientific investigation." 



