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old   theological   rule   be   true   ´   ;There   is   nothing   in   man   which   was   not 

first   in  God;     ��sin�察 �of  course�察   �excluded��     ´  then   why    should     not   this 

imperfect      creative    faculty    in   man    be   the   very   guarantee      that   God 

possesses it in perfection�拭�

     Such at least is the conclusion of one who�察�studying certain                     families 

of plants�察�which indulge in the most fantastic varieties                 of shape and size�察�

and yet through all their vagaries retain ´ as               do the Palms�察�the Orchids�察�

the   Euphorbiaceae   ´ one   organ�察  �or   form        of   organs�察  �peculiar   and   highly 

specialized�察�yet constant throughout              the whole of each family�察�has been 

driven     to  the   belief   that   each    of    these   three   families�察   �at  least�察  �has 

;sported   off;   from   one      common   ancestor   ´   one   archetypal   Palm�察  �one 

archetypal Orchid�察�one           archetypal Euphorbia�察�simple�察�it may be�察�in itself�察�

but endowed         with infinite possibilities of new and complex beauty�察�to be 

developed�察      �not  in   it�察 �but  in  its  descendants。      He    has   asked     himself�察�

sitting alone amid the boundless wealth of tropic forests�察                   �whether even 

then and there the great God might not be creating                  round him�察�slowly but 

surely�察�new forms of beauty�拭            �If he chose to        do it�察�could He not do it�拭�

That man found himself none the worse                   Christian for the thought。          He 

has said ´ and must be allowed to             say again�察�for he sees no reason to alter 

his    words    ´  in   speaking      of   the   wonderful      variety    of  forms    in   the 

Euphorbiaceae�察         �from    the      weedy       English     Euphorbias�察      �the    Dog's 

Mercuries�察  �and   the   Box�察  �to   the     prickly´stemmed   Scarlet   Euphorbia   of 

Madagascar�察  �the   succulent         Cactus´like   Euphorbias   of   the   Canaries   and 

elsewhere�察      �the  Gale´like      Phyllanthus�察     �the   many´formed        Crotons�察    �the 

Hemp´like Maniocs�察           �Physic´nuts�察�Castor´oils�察�the scarlet Poinsettia�察 �the 



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little pink    and yellow Dalechampia�察�the poisonous Manchineel�察�and the 

gigantic     Hura�察�or sandbox   tree�察�of the West Indies�察 �  all so different   in 

shape     and    size�察 �yet   all  alike    in  their   most    peculiar    and   complex 

fructification�察�and in their acrid milky juice�察� ;What if all these             forms are 

the descendants of one original form�拭           �Would that be one         whit the more 

wonderful than the theory that they were�察�each and                 all�察�with the minute�察�

and    often    imaginary�察   �shades    of   difference     between      certain   cognate 

species among them�察�created separately and                at once�拭     �But if it be so ´ 

which I cannot allow ´ what would the              theologian have to say�察�save that 

God's works are even more             wonderful than he always believed them to 

be�拭   �As for the theory        being impossible ´ that is to be decided by men 

of science�察�on      strict experimental grounds。          As for us theologians�察�who 

are we�察    �that we should limit�察�* priori�察�the power of God�拭               �'Is anything 

too    hard for the Lord��' asked the prophet of old�察�and we have a right                 to 

ask it as long as the world shall last。         If it be said that    'natural selection��' 

or�察�as Mr。 Herbert Spencer better defines it�察           �the 'survival of the fittest��' is 

too   simple   a   cause   to   produce   such   fantastic   variety   ´   that�察  �again�察  �is   a 

question     to  be   settled   exclusively     by   men    of  science�察   �on  their   own 

grounds。      We�察    �meanwhile�察�always knew that God works by very simple�察�

or seemingly       simple�察�means�察�that the universe�察�as far as we could discern 

it�察  �was one organization of the most simple means。                 It was wonderful ´ 

or should have been ´ in our eyes�察�that a shower of rain should                  make the 

grass grow�察�and that the grass should become flesh�察�and                   the flesh food 

for the thinking brain   of man。         It   was ´  or ought   to    have been   ´  more 

wonderful yet   to   us   that   a  child should   resemble      its   parents�察 �or   even   a 

butterfly    resemble�察    �if  not  always�察   �still  usually�察    �its  parents   likewise。 

Ought God to appear less or more             august in our eyes if we discover that 

the   means   are   even   simpler     than   we   supposed�拭      �We   held   Him   to   be 

Almighty and All´wise。           Are we      to   reverence Him  less or   more if   we 

find Him to be so much           mightier�察�so much wiser�察�than we dreamed�察�that 

He   can   not   only   make    all   things�察  �but   ´   the   very   perfection   of   creative 

power ´ MAKE ALL              THINGS MAKE THEMSELVES�拭                      �We believed 

that   His   care   was    over   all  His   works�察    �that  His   providence      worked 

perpetually over the universe。           We were taught ´ some of us at least ´ by 



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Holy Scripture�察�that        without Him not a sparrow fell to the ground�察�and 

that the very      hairs of our head were all numbered�察�that the whole history 

of the     universe   was made   up�察�in   fact�察 �of an  infinite network of   special 

providences。       If�察�then�察�that should be true which a great           naturalist writes�察�

'It may be metaphorically said that natural              selection is daily and hourly 

scrutinizing�察  �throughout   the   world�察      �every   variation�察  �even   the   slightest�察�

rejecting   that   which   is   bad�察  �preserving   and   adding   up   all   that   is   good�察�

silently    and   insensibly     working�察     �whenever      and   wherever     opportunity 

offers�察   �at  the   improvement        of  each    organic    being�察  �in  relation   to   its 

organic and       inorganic conditions of life��' ´ if this�察�I say�察�were proved to 

be    true�察  �ought   God's   care   and   God's   providence   to   seem   less   or   more 

magnificent   in   our   eyes�拭     �Of   old   it   was   said   by   Him   without   whom 

nothing is made ´ 'My Father worketh hitherto�察�and I work。'                     Shall     we 

quarrel with physical science�察�if she gives us evidence that                  those words 

are true�拭─�

     And ´ understand it well ´ the grand passage I have just quoted                   need 

not be accused of substituting ;natural selection for God。;                    In any case 

natural se
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