﻿METHOD 
  OF 
  CREATION. 
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  suddenly 
  in 
  any 
  case, 
  but 
  slowly 
  and 
  gradually, 
  

   and 
  yet 
  completely. 
  When 
  once 
  this 
  fact 
  is 
  

   clearly 
  apprehended 
  — 
  whenever 
  wc 
  become 
  

   familiar 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  Creation 
  has 
  had 
  

   a 
  History, 
  we 
  are 
  inevitably 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  con- 
  

   clusion 
  that 
  Creation 
  has 
  also 
  had 
  a 
  Method. 
  

   And 
  then 
  the 
  further 
  question 
  arises, 
  — 
  What 
  

   has 
  this 
  method 
  been 
  ? 
  It 
  is 
  perfectly 
  natural 
  

   that 
  men 
  who 
  have 
  any 
  hopes 
  of 
  solving 
  this 
  

   question 
  should 
  take 
  that 
  supposition 
  which 
  

   seems 
  the 
  readiest 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  readiest 
  sup- 
  

   position 
  is, 
  that 
  the 
  agency 
  by 
  which 
  new 
  

   species 
  are 
  created 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  agency 
  by 
  

   which 
  new 
  individuals 
  are 
  born. 
  The 
  difficulty 
  

   of 
  conceiving 
  any 
  other 
  compels 
  men, 
  if 
  they 
  

   are 
  to 
  guess 
  at 
  all, 
  to 
  guess 
  upon 
  this 
  founda- 
  

   tion. 
  Such 
  is 
  the 
  origin 
  and 
  genesis 
  of 
  all 
  

  

  