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distinct, but rather as linkTrit may be last
one-in n chain which reache through
stnges of less and less perfect teysppment. 10
the beginning Of all things "a
For our present purpose we can aS51R{Hy
the definitions already giw1o An athiREEAS !:
Heredity is the habit of repesiton th6s sB1w
of Variation is the tenden cXstu Change s, Aq-
vironment is the culture to yAtcA tEdisA6r
uul. whether animal or pla kah5exte6
The study OF mans body brings hg dacestQ
face with fact, which some meteny from, ba.Ss$
udice. others from sentiment Others onsSae
from reasons best known tptl1smselveGS SS 2
This fact is the conclusion thLt Han ts s1e-
scended from Soihe lower animal pronaassy
now extinct. and one whifh may hsgsssshen
tribes of to-day. II is nothdmttted t6aIthjs
is Inconsistent with theE teacdIp5g of sshe
Bible. The contradiction stss1pf -
more light upon the subjScE. 81 !:
No one today questionh The ihovenS; ;Bt ol
the heavenly bodies In their appointed lfoiCi
because we are told that the sun and fdecA
stood still for Joshua and that the shado
moved backward ten degrees Oh the dial OF
Ahaz. They are facts that are yet unexblsih-
ed. so with the present Theory " the 6r4gin
OF mans body. The writer fuffy agrees with
the author or recent aESicle;fn the cAntury
Magazine, entitled, "DoeS the Bible ,S3ntain
Scientific Errors ~ in which ae says at the
Bible does not teach the efaplJical Hart OF
any Science, its body offphenonenaR ard laws,
but it does teach The divine Ideas EXPLAINED
in these phenomena AM h the diyine sses OF
In ! n the study of man IL his physIcaI aspects
IL does not teach the human Organism with
It's laws of heredity fnd environnebt, and
the evolution OF racesJ languages and arts
hut It, does teach those divine ideals through
lich man has been passing, from the image
OF all ape to the image Of God, and without
which he would be a mere failure and par
adoX. -
Galton has impaired the human fern TO a
new building built UP OF fragments OF old
ones. Owing to our eh4aged and jhanging
circumsta noes some ipberlted parts ere degen-
crate. Some having no part 10 play now,
are only occasional Hound, AZ a4sIaall mus
Gle in the skin atL.ehed 70 the root of the
hair 1t probably served most aseful pur-
pose in an earlier period OF mans history, by
twitchlng the hair. Some 3Aherited organs
are positively hurtful, as Q su1all appendix TO
the bowels which serves bnB 10 catch a grape
seed or other small body hiid giving rise
70 Inflammation, thus hprries one unfort-
unate out OF the world. "a =,
Dr. Osborn says, from typic;; mamma
lian standpoint ap Is degsnersn animal; !;
his senses are Inferior In acutusss; his up
right position, while, giving him Ia superior
aspect, entails many disad gantages, for the
body Is not fully ads5sed 70 is; his feet are
his teeth are mecbanicaily fnferIbr to those
of the domestic Gu + 10 factSit an unbiased
com mparative anatomist shDnlG reach this
planet from Mars s could aa,x pass iaSors
VI WV S~'~
Comparing our haIh withlthose Of the an.
Client British oIEgyps 81 see that ours are
markedly A infeEor 0ussssss smailer, more
leaves early. 1tsspfeserce ASpon TO become
an anomaly. fIhone raceS piho do not use
knives and iorksishoE tende6cy in the other
laT Jaw seesn
TO the gum in $dat}k eince they are used as
tools l9 every ayocais6n Is collection Of
SIX ulis IL Is lnsyuesasatt 20 800 CONTRAST oe,
tween the s9u4u, mary u,sWsSsWorn teeth OF Tue
| savage ana kne fnd liltie-Worn
h0iars OF the WIVES
II mas oeen sekgesteq tEH the haoit renew
ing guhh-at certain 5tlntes aud In certain
places SO common. 10 . co1seryative one, and
| that II more WIDELY lGhuged In, II would
! check the degeneratase tendency shown In
| the modern Caucasian jaw. e..
In my opinion this would be paying too
dearly ior IL. L s.
The foot SHOWS an tntercsting progression
| under the lnnnence ~ our naoits OF wearing
.hoes and OF tnrnlngouttheto toes. The great
zoe is oeeoming larger and ssssropger-monop.
olizing a muscle that formeriy went to all the
toes-and the iftttel toe bec9tning less, aud
showing degeneratlyet tenAsncy.
| l have often Mentf6hed rs the disgust OF
pious mothers that their Infants could sus-
ing powesof their Hands On q small bar; thu.
suggesl sllax % then, shat their ancestry had
un edIiiSE peidOu Oh tntb WOItQS nlSIOTy.
! shall Henkfoh but one more OF the many
instances of deseneracH from dsuse. which
present Themselves In tnan's body. This is
| the occasienai presenceltn the human body
uf o musce coveripg the bEeastbone and con
pecttng It's partssJ This, Is ,aQt~fopnd in the
lsower animals until y01rsf Us FAR back as the
4 REPTILES who use IL ior, ,6foptdSlng themselves
i upon the ground. TAefhfersaceis humiliat
Il ting but iUstructi ve ,:ssys.si
Il Granting III US lhe descent f,f mans body
Il from a1owef ordefof oefngsSswd are met a
II once by the ouery: Where is The missing
4 i1nkx What Of man g high fntehect, his sou
i his articulate speech have they any proto
4 types among tho luwef animals? TO thes'
4 science has as set retu urnpd no answer sutfi
i cientjy decisive. sE
Il Rut tmay IL noube akthrouRh ages of pro
larression mans body was made suf1lcienLl,
tperfect to receivh the ,impfint Or the dtvip
imareP I believe thai arttculate speech Il
II NOT n r uatuIal origin bttt yyas, i'm parted [,
man hv God AT1,f' rnayrit mott he that thi
nb Htib ~ H}s menta and msyai des lies was con
ferred npon hi "a when cod ssihreatbed int,
his nostriIs the Ibraath Of Iife and man be
cama n IIvinp souISU s.1-
The lower animals exhibit hereditary trans
] mission in so MANY RESPECTS that iI is onl,
/ necessary to call aftenticp to It's great irt flu
4 ence. Certain nnaiities may be so intensifie,
| by In breeding that they are transmitted a
II tnaTks vi that utooo. ,s.i A.,