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34. The destruction of a whole genus, as in the case of the 

 Ammonite, is also a difficulty in the progressive theory. It is 

 an undoubted fact that there was a period when the Ammonite 

 and the Nautilus co-existed. In the earliest formations the 

 Ammonite is found side by side with the Nautilus, up to the 

 chalk. Not a single specimen of that genus has ever been since 

 found in deposits which overlie the chalk. How can this total 

 extinction be accounted for in the Darwinian and Lamarckian 

 philosophy ? It is in point of fact an unsolved problem, which 

 no human mind can explain, or possibly in the present state 

 understand. 



We believe that all creatures on earth at the present time 

 have never varied in their general features, and that they are 

 to-day what they have ever been since their original creation. 

 The first giraffe had a neck as long as those now living, and 

 the first wild duck had its feet webbed just as those of the 

 present day. That they were otherwise formed remains to be 

 proved. All things continue as they have been since the 

 creation of the world, allowance being made for such external 

 changes as take place from climate, food, domesticity, and 

 such-like. 



The Principal Varieties of Mankind. 



35. Such varieties as those of the Negro — the North 

 American Indian, and the Anglo-Saxon seem difficult of 

 explanation under ordinary circumstances. But I do not 

 see anything more perplexing than in the facts connected 

 with the history of orchids. From the same seed-capsule 

 great varieties of plants are produced. It is peculiarly de- 

 serving of notice that on the very same plants, you will find 

 two totally different sets of flowers. This is a serious difficulty 

 on the Darwinian principle. 



36. The question of colour or pigment, as in the case of the 

 black man or the red man, is one about which physiologists as 

 yet know little or nothing. It is well understood that very 

 remarkable changes are effected by food. For example, if a 

 pig fed on madder for six or seven weeks be killed at the end 

 of that time, it will be found that his bones have become pink. 



There are hundreds of questions involved in this variety of 

 the human species with which we should be thoroughly ac- 

 quainted before we presume to deny the Scriptural account of 

 the origin of man. Nothing that I have yet read upon the 



