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it is made. Now, as there are usually at least 

 some smouldering embers of fire where there is 

 smoke, there is just one small item of truth behind 

 all this pother. No Catholic, scientific man or 

 otherwise, who really honours his Faith would 

 desire wilfully to advance theories apparently 

 hostile to its teaching. Further, even if he were 

 convinced of the truth of facts which might 

 appear it could only be " appear " to conflict 

 with that teaching, he would, in expounding 

 them, either show how they could be harmonised 

 with his religion, or, if he were wise, would treat 

 his facts from a severely scientific point of view 

 and leave other considerations to the theologians 

 trained in directions almost invariably unexplored 

 by scientific men. Perhaps the memory of old, 

 far-off, unhappy events should not be recalled, 

 but it is pertinent to remark that the troubles in 

 connection with a man whose name once stood 

 for all that was stalwart in Catholicism, did not 

 originate in, nor were they connected with, any 

 of the scientific books and papers of which the 

 late Professor Mivart was the author, but with 

 those theological essays which all his friends must 

 regret that he should ever have written. 



It may not be waste of time briefly to consider 

 two of the instances commonly brought up as 

 examples when the allegation with which we are 

 dealing is under consideration. 



First of all let us consider the case of Gabriel 

 Fallopius, who lived it is very important to note 

 the date 1523-1562 ; a Catholic and a church- 

 man. Now it is gravely asserted that Fallopius 



