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12. Professor LIONEL BEALE, in his 

 Life Theories and Religious Thought, combats 

 the opinion entertained by many Dar- 

 winians, that the doctrine of man's descent 

 from the lower animals is not contradicted 

 by the Mosaic record, which makes man 

 a separate act of creative power ; and 

 asserts that the "part of Darwinism 

 which includes the evolution of living 

 beings by physical laws is utterly opposed 

 to every principle of religion." This has 

 been confirmed by Dr. PARKER, President 

 of the Microscopical Society, in a very 

 conclusive way. At one time he was 

 engaged with Professor Huxley in making 

 experiments at the South Kensington 

 Museum, in order to prove if possible the 

 connection between man and the rest of 

 creation ; the result of which was, as he 

 told Capt Petrie, the Secretary of the 

 Victoria Institute, " there was no point at 

 which they appeared to join ; " adding, 

 " there is such an immeasurable gulf 

 between man, with all his attributes, 

 and the rest of creation ; and every thing 



