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and mingles with the water in its passage outward, rendering 
that in the immediate vicinity of the cuttle cloudy, and so 
entirely hides the creature from the gaze of its enemy. The 
force with which the coloured liquid is ejected causes the 
animal to pass rapidly backward, and so effectually to elude 
its foe. 
Whence this arrangement of means to ends for the wel- 
fare of the individual? If by natural selection, from 
what other structure was it derived? The Gasteropoda have 
nothing of the kind, nor have the Lamellabranchiata ; the only 
creatures which have any similar structure are certain of the 
Pteropoda. If the Cephalopoda derived the organ from the 
Pteropoda, whence did the latter derive it ? 
According to the canon laid down by Mr. Darwin by which 
to judge his hypothesis, here is another case that is fatal to 
the doctrine of Evolution by natural selection. Here is a 
complex organ which exists in a certain class of molluscs, and 
which does not exist in any creatures below that class. It is 
clear, then, that it does not owe its present perfect form to 
any slight modifications—improvements—of any existing 
organ less perfect, less useful. We contend, then, that we 
have a perfect right to say that the structure owes its existence 
to the will of an Intelligence. It must not be forgotten 
either, that the organ here spoken of has existed from the 
very earliest ages, for the fossil representatives of the present 
cuttle—the Belemnites of the Transition period—possessed the 
structure in its greatest perfection. Itis an interesting fact 
that Dr. Buckland prepared the pigment sepia from the 
contents of the fossil Belemnites. Here, then, are two im- 
portant facts: first, the structure is unique; and, second, it 
was possessed as perfect by the cuttles of the geological age 
as by the cuttles of the present day. 
Enough has been said to show that, judged by its own 
canon, the hypothesis of Evolution by ‘ Natural Selection ” 
is untenable, and cannot account for those wonderful adapta- 
tions of structure to the habits of animals which are found in 
each of the sub-kingdoms, each example of which is a witness 
for the doctrine of special creation by an all-wise and all- 
powerful God. 
6. Let us now step outside the world of organization, and 
glance at some of the laws which regulate the Forces of Nature. 
First, the Force of Heat.—One of the properties of this 
force is the expansion of all bodies. There is, however, one ' 
exception to this rule—an exception which results in good 
to the world in general, and so bears the stamp of wisdom and 
benevolence. 
