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who may have already been led unwittingly to 

 accept the Doctrine, and will fortify with rebutting 

 reasons those who, on the other hand, have instinc- 

 tively recoiled from it. 



In conclusion, let it be observed that, in con- 

 testing the scientific soundness of the Doctrine of 

 Evolution, and arguing for the reasonableness of the 

 common belief that all things were created by design 

 and for a purpose, I necessarily refer to the Creator's 

 wisdom and power, but I abstain from any theo- 

 logical discussion. Even if the conditions under 

 which my Lectures were delivered had permitted, it 

 would have been out of place to introduce Theolo- 

 gical arguments, seeing that my aim was, as already 

 intimated, simply to combat the claims set up for the 

 scientific validity of the Doctrine of Evolution — not 

 supererogatorily to defend Revelation. 



It is commonly assumed by Evolutionists, and 

 tacitly granted them, that there are only two funda- 

 mental alternatives between which a definite decision 

 has to be made, viz. — Revelation or Evolution. But 

 this I emphatically deny. Unbelief in Revelation 

 and a personal Creator is no doubt the alternative of 

 the admission of Evolution, but admission of Evolu- 

 tion is not the necessary alternative of Unbelief. 

 Excluding all belief in Revelation and a personal 



