234 EVOLUTION, OLD AND NEW. 



duced from very small beginnings, increasing by the 

 activity of its inherent principles, rather than by a 

 sudden evolution of the whole by the Almighty fire. 

 What a magnificent idea of the infinite power of the 

 great Architect ! The Cause of causes ! Pabent ob 

 FABENTs ! Ens entium ! " * 



Zoonomia,' vol. i, p. 513. 



