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But in opening out this subject so that we 

 may see how much of evolution we ourselves 

 believe, and also in enumerating the evidences 

 that our colleges are already teaching it to 

 our youth without taint of atheism, I have 

 done the work proposed by these pages. 



That the wise and good of the nineteenth 

 century are about to let these doctrines make 

 atheists or even infidels of the rising genera- 

 tion, I cannot believe. That they are neces- 

 sarily destructive of faith 1 believe as little. 

 That the American church may, through their 

 help, be able to cast aside a good deal of 

 worthless teaching, and rise to a higher plane 

 of working power, is far more legitimate to 

 the signs of the times. 



