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won for religion—that thereby was infinitely increased the know- 
ledge of the power and goodness of God.” “ Let then the war- 
fare of science be changed,” says Prof. A. D. White, from whom 
we have derived several of our illustrations. “ Let it be a war- 
fare in which religion and science shall stand together as allies. 
Let the fight be for truth of every kind, against falsehood of every 
_kind, for the living kernel of religion rather than the dead husks 
of sect and dogma, and the great powers whose warfare has 
brought so many sufferings, shall at last join in ministering 
through earth, God’s richest blessings.” 
Concluston.—Want of a scientific habit of mind is the source 
of much of the prevalent misconception as to what constitutes 
adequate proof in natural science. 
In order to understand the doctrine of descent, or the theory 
of evolution, it is indispensable that the inquirer possess a gen- 
eral knowledge of biological phenomena. It must be evident 
that a certain degree of general culture, and especially a philo- 
sophical education, is requisite to enable one to comprehend the 
individual and palzontological history of development. This 
preparation unfortunately many persons in our day do not con- 
sider at all necessary. “One hears hundreds of half educated 
persons pass a final judgment upon it, although they acknowledge 
that they know nothing either of botany or of zodlogy, of com- 
parative anatomy, of paleontology or of embryology.” Hence it 
happens, as Huxley well says, that ‘ most writings published 
against Darwin are not worth the paper upon which they are 
written.”—Quoted by Haeckel in his “ History of Creation,” Vol. 
II, P- 346. 
Among many recent opinions expressive of approval of the 
doctrines of evolution, the following may properly conclude this 
article. 
Prof. Stanley Jevons, one of the clearest thinkers of our day, 
and the master spirit who has proved that John Stuart Mill's 
great work on “ Logic” is essentially illogical, admits that Her- 
bert Spencer has made a new epoch in philosophic thought. 
When speaking of Spencer’s “ Data of Ethics,” which is the cul- 
- mination of his philosophy, Prof. Jevons asserts that “Spencer 
has pointed out that the universe is one deep-laid framework for 
1« The Warfare of Science,” by Andrew Dickson White, LL.D, President of 
Cornell University. N. Y., Appleton & Gn , 1877. Pages 150, 151. 
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