PREFACE. 



Thoroughly convinced of the soundness 

 of this syllogism as propounded by Dr. 

 Elam respecting the Evolution hypothesis, 

 as being " a mere figment of the intellect," 

 and therefore untrue, I have nevertheless 

 spoken of the late Mr. Charles Darwin 

 throughout the following treatise with 

 sincere respect, as one of the greatest 

 Naturalists of our time, though unable ta 

 place him on a par, as Professor Huxley 

 has done, with Newton ; who, as most 

 people admit, possessed a greater genius 

 and displayed more mental power than 

 any other of the sons of men. And this is 

 to be seen more clearly in the profound 

 reverence which the immortal Sir Isaac 

 entertained for the God of revelation, as 

 well as in his Christian humility, so clearly 

 manifested in his memorable saying, " I do 

 not know what I may appear to the world r 

 but to myself I seem to have been only 

 like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and 

 diverting myself in now and then finding 

 a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than 

 ordinary, whilst the great Ocean of Truth 



