Questions Evolution Does Not Answer 
less until these variations occur, 
and, therefore, does not, in any 
way, account for their first appear¬ 
ance. Le Conte says: “It is evi¬ 
dent, then, that if we, with Darwin, 
take natural selection as the most 
important known factor, the real¬ 
ly most important cause of evolu¬ 
tion is the cause of varieties. This 
is the unknown fundamental fac¬ 
tor.” (“Evolution and Its Rela¬ 
tion to Religious Thought,” p. 80.) 
2. The theory presupposes an in¬ 
terminable number of intermediate 
and transitional forms connecting 
all these species together. But, as 
a matter of fact, if such forms ever 
existed, they have mysteriously dis¬ 
appeared without leaving any trace 
of their existence. They are cer¬ 
tainly not to be found among the 
living forms in the earth to-day. 
The fact that clearly defined 
species, genera, families, orders and 
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