ANATOMICAL ANALOGY OF ANIMALS 1 75 



When man attempts to build up some strong line 

 of difference between himself and some particular 

 lower animal, he will find that that difference is 

 supplied in some other species. Thus the Creator 

 has given us to understand we must acknowledge 

 a kinship to all animals. There is a relationship, 

 by descent, between all species of the animal king- 

 dom, as each species has descended from its own 

 progenitor, and all progenitors have one common 

 Parent or Creator. This is the Bible theory of 

 evolution, and the one which most all naturalists 

 admit, though variously modified by some. 



While the Supreme Being has employed one gen- 

 eral plan, He at the same time diversified it in 

 every possible manner, so that we must admire 

 equally the magnificence of the execution and the 

 harmony and simplicity of creation. Purpose, in- 

 tention, and design everywhere strike the most care- 

 less and the most stupid thinker. The Creator does 

 nothing in vain, and acts by the simplest methods 

 and chooses the most proper means to every end. 

 As our knowledge of nature enlarges we gradually 

 learn to combine the presumptions arising from 

 analogy, with other general principles which are 

 corrected and improved by such knowledge. 



