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PROOFS OF EVOLUTION. 
method of the genesis of life on our globe. But 
there is no reason to suppose there has been a 
break in Evolution, and every reason for believing 
that it has formed one continuous line of succession 
from Nebula to Man. There is no element in 
plant or animal not found also outside of them. 
It is mimicry or imitation on a grand scale from 
first to last. The Moneron has bequeathed its 
albuminous carbon compound to all subsequent 
life; and we are what we eat and walk on. The 
formation of the crystal corresponds to inheritance 
and adaptation in organic evolution. It is all a 
question of degree. Professor Haeckel and many 
other eminent scientists hold this view. Professor 
Tyndall says, “ Matter has in it the promise and 
potency of all forms of life. ,> 
