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on the material world the power to evolve them 

 under suitable conditions." 



Mr. Mivart then cites certain passages from St. 

 Augustin, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Cornelius a 

 Lapide, and finally adds : 



"As to Suarez, it will be enough to refer to Disp. xv. sec. 2, 

 No. 9, p. 508, t. i. edition Vives, Paris ; also Nos. 13 15. 

 Many other references to the same effect could easily be given, 

 but these may suffice. 



"It is then evident that ancient and most venerable theo- 

 logical authorities distinctly assert derivative creation, and 

 thus their teachings harmonise with all that modern science 

 can possibly require." 



It will be observed that Mr. Mivart refers solely 

 to Suarez's fifteenth Disputation, though he adds, 

 " Many other references to the same effect could 

 easily be given." I shall look anxiously for these 

 references in the third edition of the " Genesis of 

 Species." For the present, all I can say is, that 

 I have sought in vain, either in the fifteenth 

 Disputation, or elsewhere, for any passage in 

 Suarez's writings which, in the slightest degree, 

 bears out Mr. Mivart 's views as to his opinions. 1 



The title of this fifteenth Disputation is " De 

 causa formali substantial!," and the second section 

 of that Disputation (to which Mr. Mivart refers) 

 is headed, " Quomodo possit forma substantialis 

 fieri in materia et ex materia ? " 



1 The edition of Suarez's Disputationes from which the follow- 

 ing citations are given, is Birckmann's, in two volumes folio, 

 and is dated 1630. 



