7 ° Professor Huxley's Darwinism. [February, 
crisin^? h J* v \^ , ^ ermons ’” PP* 256, 257)— is not sur- 
f* e cads ]t a mass of f a«s crushed and pounded 
d^um nf ape ’ 'k 1 - 161 t ^ ian h f ld t0 s ether by the ordinary me- 
h rdtn W1>- 7 S 1 1 0gl 5 al bond ”; the bond being “often 
U b d, f - and °J? £ discoverable on the application of 
due attention.. When understood, however, “ the Dar- 
and^omn? 0 ^ 68 -^ haS th - C ™ erit of bein £ eminently simple 
eeneraUdew n 1 ?^ m . pnnc, P le (P- 2 9 2 ) ; furthermore, the 
fhe a d!n^r V he un , lverse ls simpler than that offered by 
the advocates of specific creation (Lefture VI. of the “ Lec- 
does S “ 0 nnf 0 I"? , Mr ‘ Darwin ’ on the °ther hand, 
of the v,V f 1 a r mUCh Stress on the neater simplicity 
of- the y ew of a few forms or of only one form having been 
S Ina y ? reat y d> inst ead of innumerable miraculous crea- 
tions haying been necessary at innumerable periods” 
X anatl0n P nder Domestication,” i. 12). 
This question we cannot pursue, nor can we here discuss 
any niceties of distinction between Teleolo^aa wmS 
understood and Teleology as otherwise understood but 
simply point out that “ that which struck the present writer 
most forcibly on his first perusal of the ‘ Origin of Species ’ 
I'erC °T-f 10 ’ n tbat . . Teleolo gy» as commonly understood, 
ad received its aeath-blow at Mr. Darwin’s hands ” (“Lav 
“wheX’r wbereas . Mr - Darwin maintains that 
whether 01 not slight variations, &c., are ordained, the 
outcome manifests purpose (“ Descent of Man,” p. 613). 
(an e T en number )‘ But unfortunately teleological 
intuitions aie less persuasive than arithmetical calculations 
R^veaTed'R r l 6 by Bnd S evvater Treatises, Analogies of 
Revealed Religion, correspondence with celebrated divines, 
and proficience in divinity (“ Origin of Species ” ii. a* 2) 
01 a pamphlet, •• and sundry periodicals, — e.g., the “ Aca- 
IT/’ W Ve . made ^ Ubli ° the th *‘ Charles Danrin 
gave up Christianity when 40 years of age, and that he was 
with avowed Atheists in thought, though he preferred the 
term “ agnostic.” Visitors to Westminster Abbey may 
anterioi to i a s 5 9 1S f ° ltleth blrthda y anniversary was a decade 
Mr. Darwin's Reticence. 
Prof. Huxley has judiciously abstained from allowing to 
oAefdW.. 0 Prof - HaeckeI ’ s “Evolution of Man” 
( Academy, January 2, 1875) the publicity accorded to his 
critique on the “ History of Creation,” namety, incorpoS 
B. a™, D.SC. 
