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either Mr. Tyndall or Mr. Darwin is capable of such a demon- 

 stration. Most certainly the Bible has an infinitely sounder 

 foundation than Darwinism. 



72. We are told over and over again by writers that they can 

 hold simultaneously a belief in Darwinism and what Herbert 

 Spencer calls the current theology.'^ Happy^ indeed, are sucK 

 men. They could not, of course, hold any terms with those 

 who would deprive us of prayer, destroy a belief in the immor- 

 tality of the soulj write down Christianity like the Westminster 

 and other reviews, nor pander to the infidelity and scepticism 

 which is creeping like a serpent through the vitals of society ! 



73. I contend that I have proved my case that Darwinism, 

 whatever may be its merits as a philosophy, has been most 

 disastrous in its effects upon religious thought; and that the 

 right-minded among its followers are powerless to prevent the 

 effects of such so-called science upon the progress and well- 

 being of mankind. 



74. I have a few words to say, in conclusion, upon what I 

 consider is the real position of man in the organic world. 



75. One of the greatest biologists of the age has but two or 

 three years ago passed away to his rest. My memory lingers, 

 with a sad and melancholy feeling of pleasure upon the life, 

 the works, the genius, the character of the late Professor 

 Goodsir, of the Universit}^ of Edinburgh. 



76. As a rule, comparisons between men of fame are invi- 

 dious, for they are too often coloured by the opinions and 

 convictions of him who compares. Few, however, if any, will 

 be found to dispute the fact, that the man who for twenty years 

 and upwards taught the largest anatomical class in the United 

 Kingdom, the zealous and indefatigable worker in Anatomy 

 and Physiology, both human and comparative, the original 

 thinker, the man of genius, the Christian and the philosopher — 

 John Goodsir — was one of the foremost ptien of his age. 



77. For twelve months I had the inestimable pleasure of 

 listening to his eloquent and sound teaching, and therefore I 

 may readily be believed when I acknowledge that I am proud 

 to be a disciple of his school, and a believer in his faith. 



78. Now Professor Goodsir maintained, with all the learning 

 and original thought for which his name will be remembered 

 when Darwinism and most of its believers will be forgotten, 

 that man is entirely separated from animals by reason of his 

 spiritual nature, and that he stands alone in the great work of 

 Creation. 



79. Morphologically — that is to say, structurally — he is cor- 

 related with the animal, and therefore we may freely present 

 the Darwinian with hi^ supernumerary or useless organs. But 



