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theory held in common by Evolutionists is that from the lower organizations came the higher, and from the simple forms of life came the more complex, by modification in descent. The principles of Evolution even thus generally stated are without sufficient support to be seriously entertained. The theory is purely speculative, being based upon close resemblances in the ascending scale of forms. There is a graded scale of created forms resulting in close similarity on dividing lines. This, together with the suggestions offered by the universality of form or structure, is mistaken for evidence that the higher are descended from the lower through modifications wrought by the operation of natural laws, or by creative energy in natural laws. Not only is it true that neither nature nor science furnishes