Questions Evolution Does Not Ansiver 
Lorande Loss Woodruff, pro¬ 
fessor of biology in Yale College, 
says: “We thus reach the general 
conclusion that, so far as human 
observation and experimentation 
go, no form of life arises to-day ex¬ 
cept from pre-existing life. But 
since life is present on the earth 
now, ... we have to consider the 
following alternative: Either life 
was transported to this planet from 
some other part of the universe, or 
life arose spontaneously from non¬ 
living matter at one period at least 
in the past as a natural result of 
the evolution of the earth and its 
elements.’ ’ (“Evolution of the 
Earth,” Lull, pp. 93, 94.) Then he 
goes on to quote the opinions of 
the various scientists supporting 
one or the other of these views. 
Prof. Harry Burr Ferris says: 
“Evolution must likewise as¬ 
sume that under some favorable 
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