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on by others, in the same volume, to heap on the 

 Holy Scriptures and its ministers all manner of deri- 

 sion and contempt, it becomes the duty of the natu- 

 ralist, as well as of the Christian, to place the subject 

 in its true light. This, as far as it relates to science, 

 we are endeavoring to do in this article. We char- 

 itably hope that Prof. A. was not aware of the con- 

 tents of the volume to which his paper was intended 

 to give circulation and celebrity. That book was 

 ushered into the world under false colors. The 

 names of eminent scientific men were paraded before 

 the public as pledges that a reliable scientific work 

 would be given, and as an inducement to men to 

 patronize it. When this long promised work finally 

 made its appearance, it was found that these meager 

 contributions of naturalists from stores with which 

 the public were already in possession, had been 

 seized on by Mr, Gliddon, to afford him an opportu- 

 nity of attacking the veracity of the Holy Scriptures, 

 in attempts to unsettle the human mind, and de- 

 prive it of all that is calculated to preserve public 

 morals andprivate virtue, of all that enlightens con- 

 science, and cheers us with the hope of immortality. 

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We have entered reluctantly into this long and 

 minute examination of Professor Agassiz's " Sketch 

 of the Natural Provinces of the Animal World, and 

 their relation to the different Types of Man," together 

 with " the Tableau accomj)anying the Sketch." 

 The believers in the plurality of races have heralded 

 this and a former article, by the same writer, pub- 

 lished in the Christian Examiner, both maintaining 

 the same views, as new and unanswerable evidences 

 of the truth of their doctrine. We will give a speci- 

 men : " Let us acknowledge our large indebtedness 

 to Prof. Agassiz, who has given the most masterly 

 view of the geographical distribution of animals 



