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(8.) Life appears to have originated on this 

 earth by the action of natural laws, 

 and not to have been introduced from 

 without ; and it may have thus originated 

 but once. 



(9.) The action of intermediate intelligences 

 in the development of the world is highly 

 probable, and in no way detracts from 

 the absolute supremacy of God. 



(10.) Man is but one link in the chain of 

 Nature, and a comprehension of the laws 

 of Evolution is of the greatest importance 

 to him in regulating his future progress. 



(11.) Man is immortal by virtue of the in- 

 herent indestructibility of the essence of 

 Life itself, and not by any exclusive 

 attribute of humanity. 



(12.) Death arid destruction have no real 

 existence, being always the divinely ap- 

 pointed precursors of higher life and 

 development. 



(13.) The law r of Evolution explains both the 

 discords and harmonies of Nature, and 

 reconciles both with the wisdom and good- 

 ness of God, whereas the theory of Special 

 Creation would only account for the latter. 



