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find any well recorded or defined instance in which 

 this law has been violated, and a new race sprung up 

 in consequence. It does not appear, in fact, that he 

 ever traces any of these new formations to their 

 commencement. The origin of all those different 

 races, species, and varieties in the zoology of the 

 earth seems to be quite beyond the reach of our 

 mental vision ; experience cannot be said to have 

 brought any confirmation of Mr. Darwin's theory, 

 and most of the known laws of nature contradict it. 

 There is no proof that the struggle for existence has 

 ever occasioned or does tend to create any modifica- 

 tion in existing species, or that there are any irregu- 

 larities or deviations from the laws of sexual inter- 

 course sufficient to account for the vast variety of the 

 races and species on the globe. The natural history 

 of the earth worked out upon Mr. Darwin's two 

 principles, and excluding the direction of Intelligent 

 Design, is to me perfectly incomprehensible and 

 incredible. Now, admit the agency of an over-ruling 

 and Intelligent First Cause, and all appears to be 

 simple and easy. 



Mr. Darwin objects to any analogy drawn from the 

 powers or faculties of Man ; but I contend that it is 

 only from this comparison that we can gain any con- 



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