336 ORGANIC EVOLUTION CONSIDERED 



through the ages, and these facts I regard as con- 

 clusive that man could not have sprung from such 

 progenitors. 



Under the subject of Embryology, on which some 

 evolutionists rely largely, I have considered some of 

 the difficulties attending the application of the theory. 

 Embryology does not bridge the wide chasm between 

 the Protozoa and the Metazoa, nor between the Inver- 

 tebrates and the Vertebrates, nor between the three 

 divisions of the vertebrates. 



The claim that the changes in the embryo of the 

 individual are an epitome of the history of the class 

 to which it belongs is simply an assumption, and it 

 cannot, therefore, be evidence to establish the theory 

 of evolution. 



The theory of embryology as applied to evolution 

 is weak also in that it eliminates the unseen but 

 essential differences between eggs and embryos, and 

 magnifies the importance of certain transient resem- 

 blances. 



I next called attention to some of the special objec- 

 tions to the theory of evolution. This theory must 

 account for every part of every organism. Mr. Dar- 

 win himself acknowledges the great difficulty of try- 

 ing to account satisfactorily for the origin of the 

 many complex organs of animals. 



The electric organs of certain fishes, the various 

 kinds of wings which had separate origins, the nu- 

 merous kinds of eyes and eye-spots which could not 

 have had a common origin, the several kinds of ears 

 differently located, the varieties of apparatus for 

 breathing, including different kinds of gills, trachea 

 and lungs have been considered. The general con- 

 clusion which I have drawn from these and other 

 organs is that it is impossible to account for the pres- 

 ervation, by natural selection, or by any other plaus- 



