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neophytes easily personify the principle of evolution, and clothe it in imagi- 
nation with all the powers necessary for the production of its reputed 
effects On all doubtful points their subjective conviction is so 
strong as to be independent of objective verification or outward proof of any 
kind 
“ The cavils of sceptics are of no avail with the true evolutionist believer, 
because he has an unfaltering trust in his own sacred books and inspired 
writers. At their bidding he is ready to adopt not only things unsupported 
by reason, things above and beyond reason, but things directly opposed to 
all reason, all probability, and all experience. 
“ Another note of sectarianism in the evolutionists is their tendency to 
intolerance. The tendency is manifested, perhaps, in its extremest form 
amongst the rank and file of the sect. It displays itself, however, in various 
shapes, some of which are amusing enough. 
u This tendency to intolerance appears also in the writings of the school, 
especially in the less distinguished. The tone of the discussion in many 
cases involves the tacit assumption that the evolutionists are the only wise 
men, and wisdom itself will die with them. This feature comes strongly out 
in the journals of the school in the free use of such terms as i exploded and 
‘ extinct,’ applied to all opposing theories and rival views.” 
(From the Quarterly Review, October, 1873, Art. Herbert Spencer, 
p. 537.) 
“A passionate hatred of religion, however discreetly or astutely veiled, 
lies at the bottom of much of the popular metaphysical teaching now in 
vogue. Delenda est Carthago ! No system is to be tolerated which will 
lead men to accept a personal God, moral responsibility, and a future state 
of rewards and punishments. Let these unwelcome truths be once elimi- 
nated, and no system is deemed undeserving of a candid, if not a sympathetic 
consideration ; and cceteris paribus, that system which excludes them the 
most efficaciously becomes the most acceptable.” 
(B.) 
u Qu’est ce que le Cambium ? Grew, qui en a emprunte le nom et le sens 
aux medecins de son temps, n’y voyait q’une humeur. Duhamel y voit de 
plus une couche, et, d’apres lui, les Allemands une couche de formation 
( Rildungs-schicht), d’accroisement, d’epaississement ; Mirbel une couchegenera- 
trice ou regeneratrice. Tout cela peut etre vrai a la fois ; si le cambium 
n’est pas un tissu, e’est l’origine d’un tissu, la matiere d’un tissu ou des 
tissus. Comme cette matiere enferme incontestablement de la seve, je 
Tappellerai matiere sheuse, pour n’affirmer rien que ce que nous en voyons.” 
— Guillard, “ Sur les Mouvements et les Lieux speciaux de la Seve.” 
Bui. de la Soc. Botanique de France, 1867, p. 67. 
