280 THE REIGN OF LAW. 



I do not represent this conclusion as one ne- 

 cessarily adverse to Mr Darwin's Theory on the 

 Origin of Species. It is a conclusion which he 

 would probably be willing to accept. I only de- 

 sire to point out the very limited sense in which 

 that Theory can be said to trace Creation to a 

 "Law" at all, and how entirely inadequate that 

 Theory is to account by any physical cause for 

 the Origin of Species. 



The only senses, therefore, in which we get any 

 glimpse of Creation by Law are these — ist, that 

 the close physical connexion between different 

 Specific* Forms is probably due to the operation 

 of some Force or Forces common to them all ; 

 2d, That these Forces have been employed and 

 worked with others equally unknown, for the 

 attainment of such ends as the multiplication 

 of Life, in Forms fitted for new spheres of 

 enjoyment, and for the display of new kinds of 

 beauty. 



Is there anything In this conclusion to conflict 

 with such knowledge as we have from other sources 

 of the nature and working of Creative Power ? I 

 do not know on what authority it is that we so 



