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These questions it is not our purpose to discuss 

 here, beyond noting that many careful students of 

 theology are of the opinion that the ground is not 

 well taken. The objections to the inclusion of man 

 in the evolutionary scheme are, however, not en- 

 tirely of this character, many of them being purely 

 scientific arguments. 



To the scientist who has accepted evolution in its 

 general sense it seems, at first sight, hardly possible 

 to question the position that man is simply one 

 species of animals evolved in a similar manner with 

 all others. Nearly all of the arguments which have 

 been applied to the rest of the organic world, as in- 

 dicating evolution, apply equally well here ; and it 

 seems a matter of cowardice to exempt man from 

 the law. Of course, the origin of man is a matter 

 of more interest and importance than that of any 

 other animal, for it is the question of the origin and 

 destiny of man that forms the most vital of all 

 questions for study. But this is no reason why he 

 should not come under the law of evolution. When, 

 however, the matter comes to be examined care- 

 fully, it is seen that the questions of man's evolution 

 is quite a different one from that of other animals. 

 It has its own special arguments and difficulties. 

 It is soon seen that evolution may be true in regard 

 to other animals, and yet be only partly applicable 

 to man. That this is true is sufficiently shown by 

 the fact that several of our best scientists, among 

 whom stands Wallace, who shares with Darwin the 

 honor of discovering the principle of natural selec- 

 tion, exclude man wholly or in part from their 



