66 EVOLUTION 



rabbit. As similar analytical varieties prob- 

 ably occur in Nature, the facts of domesti- 

 cation may retain their position among the 

 "evidences of evolution," though our in- 

 terpretation of many of them is being altered 

 by the Mendelians. 



In this case, and throughout all considera- 

 tion of "evidences," it must be remembered 

 that the evolution idea cannot be logically 

 demonstrated. It is not a simple induc- 

 tion from particulars, thoroughly as particu- 

 lars support it. It is a way of looking at the 

 becoming of things; and it is the only sci- 

 entific modal interpretation that has been 

 suggested. It is a formula that fits the facts, 

 and all the facts it fits are its "evidences." 



