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in the Darwinian theory. The idea, for 

 example, of one suggestion arising out 

 of another in the constructive mind of 

 man, is a kind of development absolutely 

 different from the idea of one specific kind 

 of organic structure being born by ordi- 

 nary and physical generation of quite 

 different parents without the directing 

 agency of any mind at all. Our full per- 

 suasion of the perfect continuity of causa- 

 tion does not compel us to accept, even 

 for a moment, the idea of any particular 

 cause which may be obviously incom- 

 petent, far less such as may be con- 

 spicuously fantastic. Nor and this is 

 often forgotten does the most perfect 

 continuity of causes involve, as a neces- 

 sary consequence, any similar continuity 

 in their visible effects. These effects may 

 be sudden and violent, although the pre- 

 vious working has been slow and even 

 infmitesimally gradual. In short, the 



