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and Lyell, who dare to stand up and proclaim 

 what appears to them to be the truth, no matter 

 how it may conflict with the prejudices of their 

 age and country. 



Another series of objections commonly brought 

 against Darwinism, relate to the origin of man. 

 Some of these arise from misconceptions, such as 

 when Darwin is supposed to affirm that men are 

 descended from existing animals. But Darwin 

 certainly did not assert that men are descended 

 from any animals now in existence, but merely 

 that existing animals give us an analogical clue 

 to the probable line of the specific descent of 

 man, which is a very different matter. 



Wallace regards Natural Selection as wholly 

 insufficient to account for the origin of man. 

 while E. Newman claimed that man was ori- 

 ginally made in the image of God, and has 

 continually degenerated, instead of improving. 

 These points will, however, be discussed in a 

 subsequent chapter. 



An argument upon which some writers lay 

 great stress, is the existence of beauty and 

 design in Creation, which they conceive can 

 only be explained by the direct action of the 

 Almighty. No one will deny that beauty and 



