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their own special lines of study and re- 

 search, but they are too often indisposed 

 to give any attention whatever to matters 

 which seem to conflict with their estab- 

 lished modes of thought. Indeed, they not 

 unfrequently attempt to deny that into 

 which they have never enquired, not 

 sufficiently realizing the fact that there 

 may possibly be forces in nature of which 

 they know nothing." * 



In place of finding a parallel between 

 Newton and Darwin, Professor Huxley 

 might, I think, have found a more appro- 

 priate parallel for the latter in the teach- 

 ing of one Voetius, an old Dutch divine 

 of the 17th century, which he states as 

 follows: "We affirm that the sun flies 

 round the earth every 24 hours, and that 

 the earth rests immovable in the centre of 

 the universe, with all divines, natural 

 philosophers and astronomers, Jews and 



* See a periodical called Light, of Nov. 8th, 1884, 

 with, an account of "Mr. Gladstone at a Seance" 

 on the preceding Oct. 29th. 



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