Questions Evolution Does Not Answer 
Of the appearance and dis¬ 
appearance of species, Le Conte 
says: “A species may indeed pass 
out gradually, and another come 
in gradually, so far as number and 
vigor of individuals are concerned, 
but, in specific character, they may 
be said, usually, at least, to come 
in suddenly, with all their charac¬ 
ters perfect, remain unchanged 
throughout their whole range, and 
pass out suddenly at its borders.” 
(“ Evolution and Its Relation to 
Religious Thought,” p. 218.) 
(3) We find, further, that many 
forms have remained unchanged, 
unaffected by natural selection or 
any other process through enor¬ 
mous periods of time, a multitude 
especially of lowly organized forms 
remaining from the earliest known 
dawn of life to this present day. 
(“Origin of Species,” pp. 118, 119 
and 347.) For instance, the Lin- 
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