132 The Evolution Hypothesis. 



Yet that primal force, endowed with a dynamic 

 potency capable of evolving through inconceivable 

 cycles of change all the while receiving no fresh 

 impulse and no guidance this universe whose order 

 science explores this world peopled by myriad intel- 

 ligences engaged in the task of its interpretation Mr. 

 Spencer finds it needful to his philosophy to charac- 

 terize as " an indefinite, incoherent, homgeneity." 



When we consider the number and the gravity of 

 the demands made by evolutionism in the form of 

 postulates incapable of proof, we are justified in deal- 

 ing with the hypothesis at the outset as illegitimate. 

 The conditions needful for the establishment of it by 

 sufficient evidence do not exist. Even if it were true, 

 it could not be proved true. 



But the evolutionist replies, Grant, meanwhile, these 

 postulates ; we shall proceed to apply the hypothesis 

 in the elucidation of facts ; we shall prove to you that 

 the key is the right one by showing that it fits the 

 lock. 



We proceed, then, to examine the detailed explana- 

 tion of phenomena furnished by evolutionism; we 

 enter upon the examination weighted with a heavy 

 load of assumptions under which reason staggers. 

 But knowledge is to be completely unified. We 

 strive for a high prize. The appeal is to experience. 

 Solvitur ambulando. Let us see. 



