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PROOFS OF EVOLUTION. 
X. 
PROOFS FROM DISCOVERED LINKS. 
Where are your “Missing Links”? cried the 
critics of Evolution after their recovery from the 
first shock of Mr. Darwin’s “Origin of Species” 
in 1859, and again after the publication of his 
later work, “ The Descent of Man.” From theolog¬ 
ical quarters, after the laugh had subsided, came 
severe denunciation of the doctrine. It was said 
that the Evolution hypothesis was both childish 
and dangerous, and that Darwin himself was the 
Munchausen of his time. Even to-day, thirty 
years from the time of that remarkable publica¬ 
tion, the masses—those innocent of any learning 
on the subject, and those who study fortified to 
disbelieve—alike cry out in chorus, “Show us the 
4 Missing links.’ ” This outcry has narrowed itself 
down to the demand for man’s immediate ancestor. 
They want an ape who can build a fire, whistle, 
and sing the Doxology; though they might 
possibly throw off the fire and the whistle. 
Before opening the cabinet of “ Discovered 
