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and the other condition only tho embryonic stage
OF the growth Of the other fish? In no wn9.

and the other condition only tho embryonic stage
" tne growth of the other fish? In no way.
| NO SUCCESSIVE EVOLUTION OF TYPES
linen While it may be said on the whole in q
general sense TINT the lower forms have pre-
ceded higher ones and that embryonic develop
ment follows The same progress from the simpler
20 me more complex structure, it is not true in
aeIau thht al the earlier animals were simpler
than the later. On the contrary, many Of tho
io"or animals we're introduced under more high
" organized forms than they have ever shown
since, and have dwindled afterwa1d. Such
ase the types which have called syn
we're separated later and found expression In
distinct groups. That presentation Of pa1nou-
tological phenomena which would make it appear
that the whole animal kingdom has been ar
with the lowest and ending with the highest, is
false to nature. Thoro is no inevitable repeti-
ton, no mechanical evolution in the geological
succession OF organic life. It has the CORE
spondence OF connected plan. It has just thnt
klnd Of resemblance in the pa=is, 80 much md
no more, as always characteristics intellectual
work proceeding from the same source. It has
that freedom of manifestation that inde-
pendence, which charac:eriz:s the work
81 o. I'M mind aasa.c as compared & With he work
epoch OF organic lifo in its totally, carried on
with such ease and variety, and e:en playful
noss OF expression. ono ia reminded Of the
great conception Of the poot OF musician whore
heard beneath Ill the diversity OF rhythm or Of
song. So groa. is this freedom, 80 unlike the
mechanical action Of evolution, that We find end
iess lncongrulties, appalling anachronisms in
tho would-!:o uninterrupted series OF prosrass-
i've evontb as advocated By the supporters Of
the transmutation dogma. Animals that should
be ancestors it simplicity ct structure
is to characterize the first born, arc known
to bo Of later origin; the more complicated
forms have frequently appeared first, and
the simpler ones later, and this in hundreds Of
needs only compare the leading treatisos Of
.palmontology With the boat systenatic works on
zoology. The assertion does not beaz serious
examination. It is just oca OF thoso fancied re-
suits following tbs disclosure OF presentation OF
great law which captivatcs the mind, aud leads
it to take that which it wishes to be true for
truth.
may Seem to hayo mads only assertions with |
out demonstration IN facts. It is true that I |
have had time only for general illustration, |
and have been unable to present to you the |
my mind. This hope to do later. Meantime + |
think have done something to show you that The
put on my own facts is moro
correct than that which this Observation-Disclosures
put upon them. believe that all those cor
responsiveness between the different aspects OF |
animal Life are the manifestations Of mind not
ing consciously with intention toward one OBJ
tect from beginning to end. This view is in ac-
oordance with the working Of our minds; it ia
N instructive recognition OF mental power
with which our own is akin, manifesting itself
in nature. For this reason, more than any other,
perhaps, do hold that this void OF ours is not
The result Of the action Of unf onscious organic
[orces, but tho work OF an I'M ,Ngent, conscious
power.