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taneously of herself, without the meddling 

 of the gods ? ' or with Bruno, when he 

 declares ' Matter to be the universal mother, 

 who brings forth all things as the fruit of 

 her own womb ?'.... By an intellectual 

 necessity I cross the boundary of the ex- 

 perimental evidence, and discern in Matter 

 the promise and potency of all terrestrial 

 life." * 



I think it is evident from these passages, 

 if Professor Tyndall considers that Dar- 

 win's hypothesis respecting Evolution will 

 inevitably undergo modification, he as- 

 sumes Matter to be a sort of Deity pos- 

 sessed with the power of creating life. 

 Hence he concludes that " not alone the 

 more ignoble forms of animal life not alone 

 the noble forms of the horse and lion not 

 alone the exquisite and wonderful mecha- 

 nism of the human body, but the human 

 mind itself emotion, intellect, will, and all 

 their phenomena, were once latent in a 

 fiery cloud. ... At the present moment all 



* Belfast Address, pp. 53 55. 



