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serves that " the methods of all sciences 

 are 1. Observation of facts ; 2. Compa- 

 rison and Classification; 3. Deduction; 

 4. Verification ; " * and we have already 

 seen in respect to the first and last of 

 these rules that the observation of facts 

 is dead against the Evolution theory ; for 

 notwithstanding frequent challenges the 

 supporters of the theory have never suc- 

 ceeded in observing a single instance, in 

 all the millions of years invented in its 

 .support, of one species of animal life 

 turning into another. And as for verifi- 

 cation, the syllogistic reasoning already 

 quoted of Dr. Elani seems unanswerable, 

 as he acutely says 



" Without verification, a theoretic con- 

 ception is a mere figment of the intellect. 



" The theory of Organic Evolution is 

 an unverified theoretic conception. 



" Therefore ORGANIC EVOLUTION is a 

 mere figment of the intellect." f 



* Huxley's Lay Sermons, p. 92. 

 f Dr. Elam's " Gospel of Evolution," in Con- 

 temporary Review of 1880. 



