240 Men. 



But this is not all. Besides this imaginary 

 "series of forms," the theory requires further 

 a process of " graduating insensibly." And of 

 this process there is not only no proof, but the 

 evidence, such as it is, points in the direction 

 of disproof. It is Mr. Darwin himself who says, 

 " Breaks incessantly occur in all parts of the 

 series, some being wide, sharp, and defined, 

 others less so in various degrees ; as between 

 the orang and its nearest allies between the 

 Tarsius and the other Lemuridae." The " intel- 

 lectual figment " is in evil case when it postu- 

 lates a process of graduation so gradual as to 

 be imperceptible, yet so abrupt as to exhibit 

 "breaks " which " incessantly occur in all parts 

 of the series," not excluding even " breaks " 

 which are " wide, sharp, and defined." And 

 yet, across these " breaks," Mr. Darwin's theory, 

 by Mr. Darwin's ingenuity, is made to swing its 

 ponderous bulk with an adroit dexterity that 

 might have been envied, in the depths of his 

 African forest, by the ancestral Gorilla him- 

 self: 



" All these breaks depend merely on the 



number of related forms that have become 



extinct." l Could anything be more simple ? 



The " breaks " are there indeed : but they are 



1 " Descent of Man," voL i. pp. 200, 201. 



