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birds and animals and the seeds either dropped or, being indigestible, are voided 

 with their droppings and spring up and grow, often at long distances from where 

 they originated. 



The seeds of a large number of plants are furnished on their outer surface 

 with barbs or hooks by which they adhere to the coats of animals and are thus 

 carried and scattered far and wide over the range of such animals. Some of these 

 barbs and hooks are quite small as in the burdock, sand-bur, beggar-lice, Span- 

 ish-needle, etc. But in a few cases they are large and appear quite formidable. 

 The seed pod of the common martynia of our gardens, when dry will sometimes 

 fasten its long curved claws in the skin of an animal, when it is with difficulty 

 that it can rid itself of this terrible "devil's claw." 



But the most formidable production of this kind, probably, in the world is a 

 product of South Africa called by botanists, Harpagophyton procumbens. The 

 seeds of this plant are numerously branched, the branches being near an inch 

 long and having numerous stout, sharp, recurved prickles. When once fastened 

 on an animal it is exceedingly difficult to remove. It is said that lions sometimes 

 in trying to remove it from their feet after stepping on it, get it fastened in their 

 mouths and finding it impossible to remove it die a most miserable death. 



And here we take leave of our subject, though numberless other examples 

 might be given to illustrate the beautiful adaptation of means to the purpose of 

 covering the globe with the various vegetable productions of the earth. In the 

 presence of such wisdom and goodness let up learn humility and reverence. 



CAf^oN City, Colorado, December, 1884. 



PHILOSOPHY. 



RELIGION AND THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION.^ 



FREDERICK TEMPLE, D. D., BISHOP OF EXETER. 



The regularity of nature is the first postulate of Science; but it requires the 

 very slightest observation to show us that, along with this regularity, there exists 

 a vast irregularity, which Science can only deal with by exclusion from its prov- 

 ince. The world as we see it is full of changes; and these changes, when pa- 

 tiently and perseveringly examined, are found to be subject to invariable, or 

 almost invariable, laws. But the things themselves which thus change are as 

 multifarious as the changes which they undergo. They vary infinitely in quan- 

 tity, in qualities, in arrangement throughout space, possibly in arrangement 

 throughout time. Take a single substance such, say, as gold. How much gold 



1 Abstracted from " The Relations between Religion and Science," toy tbe Lord Bishop of 



Exeter. 



