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as President of the British Association at 

 Belfast in 1874, frankly and fully explains 

 his views on the chief doctrine of Darwinism 

 as it stood towards the close of the 19th 

 century. From these Addresses I propose 

 to make some extracts, by which you may 

 clearly understand his thoughts on the 

 subject, proceeding on the principle mani- 

 fested by King Agrippa when he said 

 to the Apostle Paul, " Thou art permitted 

 to speak for thyself." 



" I do not," says Professor Tyndall, 

 " think this Evolution hypothesis is to 

 be flouted away contemptuously : I do not 

 think it is to be denounced as wicked. 

 It is to be brought before the bar of 

 disciplined reason, and there justified 

 or condemned. Fear not the Evolution 

 hypothesis. Steady yourselves in its 

 presence upon that faith in the ultimate 

 triumph of truth which was expressed by 

 old Gamaliel, when he said ' If it be 

 of Grod, ye cannot overthrow it ; if it 

 be of man, it will come to nought.' 

 Under the fierce light of scientific enquiry, 



