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 could be formed instantaneously out of the earth without the processes of Evolution as easily as man could be formed out of the orang. Consequently nothing is gained by introducing such expediencies into the theory of Evolution. It would be simpler to create man outright than to create an animal, and then add higher parts to an already formed brain. It is impossible to conceive of such an arbitrary expediency. It is purely conjecture, introduced in the hope of amending the fatal errors of Evolution. It requires greater credulity to accept a theory that necessitates such imaginary importations, than to accept what it attempts to disprove. It is more rational to believe in special creation pure and simple than it is to conceive of a blending of Evolution and special creation. Whatever the law of creation is, it is one continuous whole, working in all times and in all cases alike in principle. It can not be modified by exceptions. It can not fail in one method and then adopt another. Creation in the universe is as harmonious and continuous as it is in the tree, where there unfold by successive, harmonious steps, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits. Spencer, the clearest, strongest, and most consistent and exhaustive advocate of Evolution, perceived this, and has, about as well as can be, built