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which may lead to a consistent view of the relations subsisting 
between the ontogenetic, or individual, and the phylogenetic, 
or race history of the formation of animals and of man.” 
Haeckel is, of course, canonized by the President as <e one 
of the ablest and keenest supporters of the modern doctrine.” 
As to Moquin-Tandon, he is a Frenchman, and not an evolu- 
tionist, so that his refutation is not even alluded to ! 
From the obituary notice of the celebrated Agassiz, pub- 
lished in the Proceedings of the Royal Society,* I learn that 
his Essay on Classification was his crowning work. “The 
erudition displayed in this work is remarkable, and the grasp 
of facts, intricate and numerous in their relations, is quite 
amazing-. In nothing- is this better exhibited than in his 
celebrated demonstration of embryological, geological, and 
zoological succession.” 
And with all this profound knowledge of the subject, 
“Agassiz was much opposed to the theories of Darwin.’’ Ac 
the time of his death he was engaged in the discussion of the 
“ Evolution of Types.” 
With such leaders as Yon Baer and Agassiz, we who know 
nothing of anatomy may safely rest content ; declining to 
partake in the unsettlement of mind as to the doctrines of 
Creation which it seems the special object of some very 
inferior scientists to effect. The labours of these latter will 
no doubt be welcomed by many on account of their tendency ; 
but, on the other hand, will be ultimately appreciated at their 
real value by those who adhere to the faith of their fathers. 
The present state of English science, itself being judge, is not 
so flourishing that it can lightlv invoke the ostracism of all 
right-minded persons. The British Association has to renew 
a slightly fading reputation, and to convince the world that it 
meets for some nobler purpose than is aimed at by its Pre- 
sident's Address. 
Conclusion. 
The believer in revelation is provided with a cause for 
phenomena, which, when once admitted, will explain all diffi- 
culties. The world-old belief in the Being and Existence of 
God as the Great Cause and End of all creation, and as the 
Sustainer of all that He has created, supplies a key that will fit 
all the wards of the lock. On the other hand, the advocates 
of materialism must not plead that they are honest in searching 
* Proceedings of the Boy al Society, vol. xxv., No. 176. 
