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Institute holds bi-monthly meetings, at which 

 papers are read on some important topic, and 

 then submitted to criticism and discussion. 

 These papers, many of which are very elabo- 

 rate, are published in the Transactions of the 

 Institute, together with a full report of the dis- 

 cussions to which they gave rise. Six volumes, 

 replete with valuable and varied information, 

 have already been published. 



Very considerable latitude of opinion is al- 

 lowed. Hence we find in the Transactions, 

 papers for and against evolution, — for and 

 against Darwinism. It would be easy to quote 

 extracts, pertinent to our subject, more than 

 enough to fill a volume much larger than the 

 present. We must content ourselves with a 

 few citations from the discussion on a paper 

 in favor of the credibility of Darwinism, 1 and 

 another in favor of the doctrine of evolution. 2 

 In summing up the debates on these two topics, 

 the chairman, Rev. Walter Mitchell, presented 

 with great clearness and force his reasons for 

 regarding Darwinism as incredible and impos- 

 sible. In his protracted remarks he contrasts 



1 The Credibility of Darwinism. By George Warington, Esq. , 

 F. C. S., M. V. I. 



2 On certain Analogies between the Methods of Deity in Nature 

 and Revelation. By Rev. G. E. Henslow, M. A., F. L. S., M. 

 V.I. 



