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sects to each other, as to the fertilization of the 

 former, and as to the life of the individual insect and 

 'the propagation of its kind, are evidence of design. 

 For example, there are certain species of plants that 

 are dependent for their fertilization on certain species 

 of moths which live in the flowers, and the moths, in 

 turn, are dependent on the plants. They deposit their 

 eggs in the ovaries of the flowers where the young 

 are hatched and nourished. The moths in some cases 

 carry the pollen and place it on the stigmas of the 

 flowers, as if guided by intelligence. Their action is 

 a most marvelous case of instinct. 



We might consider the subject of adaptations in- 

 definitely. The world is full of them. Every organ- 

 ism, viewed with regard to its own existence, is an 

 example, for it has the capacity to obtain its food and 

 to contend with other organisms in the struggle for 

 existence. Every organism has also the capacity to 

 adapt itself, to a certain extent, to varying conditions, 

 and many of them exhibit it in remarkable ways, as is 

 shown by the various methods by which they adapt 

 themselves to different periods of their development 

 and to the different seasons of the year. 



Taking the great mass of facts bearing on the ques- 

 tion of design, while there are some things that we do 

 not understand, yet there is so much that is plain — 

 so infinite are the adaptations in nature, many of 

 which, especially the adaptations of the inorganic to 

 the organic world, cannot be explained by the theory 

 of evolution, — that it would seem to leave but little 

 room for doubt. 



Like other questions with which we have to deal, 

 it must be decided by the weight of evidence, and one 

 is not called upon, before making a decision, to an- 

 swer every conceivable objection. If this were re- 



