II. 
The Origin of Life. 
P ROFESSOR TYNDALL affirms 
that in material atoms reside 
the “promise and potency of life.” 
Huxley admits that he finds no 
record of the commencement of 
life, but affirms his “philosophical 
faith” in “the evolution of living 
protoplasm from non-living mat¬ 
ter.” (Lull, “Evolution of the 
Earth,” p. 107.) He says: “Look¬ 
ing back through the prodigious 
vista of the past, I find no record 
of the commencement of life, and, 
therefore, I am devoid of any means 
of forming a definite conclusion as 
to the conditions of its appearance. 
Belief, in the scientific sense of the 
word, is a serious matter and needs 
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