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how the diverse sorts of plants and ani- 
mals came to be as they are and where 
they are, and will allow that the whole 
inquiry transcends its powers only when 
all endeavours have failed. Granting 
the origin to be supernatural, or miracu- 
lous even, will not arrest the enquiry. 
All real origination, the philosophers will 
say, is supernatural; their very question 
is, whether we have yet gone back to the 
origin, and can affirm that the present 
forms of plants and animals are the 
primordeal, the miraculously created ones. 
And even if they admit that, they will 
still enquire into the order of the pheno- 
mena, into the form of the miracle. You 
might as well expect the child to grow 
up content with what it is told about the 
advent of its infant brother. Indeed, to 
learn that the new-comer is the gift of 
God, far from lulling enquiry, only 
stimulates speculation as to how the 
precious gift was bestowed. That ques- 
tioning child is father to the man, — is 
philosopher in short clothes.” 
[The original paper appeared in the 
4 Atlantic Monthly ’ for July, August and 
October, 1860; it is now reprinted, and 
is sold by Triibner & Co., price Is. 6d. 
We shall probably recur to this subject 
again.] 
Just ready, 
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THE INSECT HUNTERS. 
By Edward Newman. 
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