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but one character by which they may be distinguished, and con- 
sequently we must see how impossible it will be to complete 
the circle of which such animals formed a part. 
We have said that there is the greatest reason to infer and 
to believe, that no creation, in which was the breath of life, took 
place before the six days mentioned in Genesis. And we 
ground this belief on the assertion of Revelation that by man 
sin, and consequently death, came into the world. Inductive 
science says. No — death was in the world before man sinned, 
because death was in the world before man . was created. 
Which of these assertions is true ? and which is most to be 
believed? . # 
The assertion of inductive science claims to be believed 
on the ground of proof by natural investigation; whereas 
Revelation does not even attempt to show that there is any 
inductive proof that man’s sin was the cause, of death. Her 
assertion upon this point, is without explanation of any cause 
of this kind whatever. We are therefore driven to inquire, 
whether the inductive method will bear out the natural philo- 
sopher ; viz., whether there is any connection between the event 
of the Deluge, which they admit, and the cause , which they state 
as capable of proof from induction. 
This is the point mainly at issue ; and as it . is entirely 
different from Revelation, it becomes natural philosophy, in 
the first place, to prove that she can, by induction, show that 
death was in the world before man sinned. 
Bearing this in mind, that if natural philosophy could show 
by ocular and inductive proof, that death was an event which 
took place before the six days of Genesis, we should still doubt 
it ; not merely because it was not true, but because Revelation 
had said differently, and that upon grounds that I have shown 
cannot possibly be disproved, but which bear, nevertheless, 
no relation by induction. 
Now, therefore, it is my place to show that it is impossible 
by the inductive method to prove the cause why death came 
into the world. I must prove this before I can expect those 
who say that they can adduce such evidence, to alter their 
mind, and admit it is possible they were wrong. Let us, first, 
suppose that the sin of A dam, which brought death into the 
world, was the first and only cause of that occurrence. This 
will show that by the inductive method we cannot find the 
cause of death by examining the earth. W e should expect to 
see some proofs by which all the genera and species which are 
entombed in the earth, might be identified in some unmistake- 
able manner with those now living. This it is important to 
show, because, if only an individual is found now in our seas. 
