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The following pages state a few of the former ; if 

 they suggest some of the latter, it is hoped that they 

 may be such as any logical mind would deduce from 

 the premises. That they will coincide with the spirit 

 of thr most advanced Christianity, I have no doubt ; 

 and that they will add an appeal through the reason y .o 

 that direct influence of the Divine Spirit which should 

 control the motives of human action, seems an unavoid- 

 able conclusion. 



I. PHYSICAL EVOLUTION. 



It is well known that a species is usually represented 

 by a great number of individuals, distinguished from 

 all other similar associations by more or less numerous 

 points of structure, color, size, etc., and by habits and 

 instincts also, to a certain extent ; that the individuals 

 of such associations reproduce their like, and cannot be 

 produced by individuals of associations or species 

 which present differences of structure, color, etc., as 

 defined by naturalists '; that the individuals of any such 

 series or species are incapable of reproducing with 

 those of any other species, with some exceptions ; and 

 that in the latter cases the offspring are usually entirely 

 infertile. 



The hypothesis of Cuvier assumes that each species 

 was created by Divine power as we now find it at some 

 definite point of geologic time. The paleontologist 

 holding this view sees, in accordance therewith, a suc- 

 cession of creations and destructions marking the his- 

 tory of life on our planet from its commencement. 



The development hypothesis states that all existing 

 species have been derived from species of preexistent 



