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4 The present state of the question may be summed up in the following lines,—

Who was the father of mankind?

Adam saith Moses: A monkey—Darwin supposes, Quoth his pupils don’t you see; A Bathybius it must be!

Although the theory of evolution is generally attributed to Mr. Darwin, it did not originate with him. Several philosophers have tried to explain the mystery of Creation on what are called scientific principles.

In 1848 a work named “Vestiges of Creation” appeared, in which the author surmises that, “all existing forms of living beings have been produced by the gradual modification of pre-existing species.”