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sight and good for food〃; the third act is the formation out of

the ground of 〃every beast of the field; and every fowl of the

air〃; the fourth and last; the manufacture of the first woman

from a rib; extracted from Adam; while in a state

of anaesthesia。



Yet there are people who not only profess to take this monstrous

legend seriously; but who declare it to be reconcilable with the

Elohistic account of the creation!







FOOTNOTES





(1) The Nineteenth Century; 1886。



(2) Both dolphins and dugongs occur in the Red Sea; porpoises

and dolphins in the Mediterranean; so that the 〃Mosaic writer〃

may have been acquainted with them。



(3) I said nothing about 〃the greater number of schools of Greek

philosophy;〃 as Mr。 Gladstone implies that I did; but expressly

spoke of the 〃founders of Greek philosophy。〃



(4) See Heinze; Die Lehre vom Logos; p。 9 et seq。



(5) Reprinted in Lay Sermons; Addresses; and Reviews;

1870。



(6) 〃Ancient;〃 doubtless; but his antiquity must not be

exaggerated。 For example; there is no proof that the 〃Mosaic〃

cosmogony was known to the Israelites of Solomon's time。



(7) When Jeremiah (iv。 23) says; 〃I beheld the earth; and; lo;

it was waste and void;〃 he certainly does not mean to imply that

the form of the earth was less definite; or its substance less

solid; than before。



(8) In looking through the delightful volume recently published

by the Astronomer…Royal for Ireland; a day or two ago; I find

the following remarks on the nebular hypothesis; which I should

have been glad to quote in my text if I had known them sooner:



〃Nor can it be ever more than a speculation; it cannot be

established by observation; nor can it be proved by calculation。

It is merely a conjecture; more or less plausible; but perhaps

in some degree; necessarily true; if our present laws of heat;

as we understand them; admit of the extreme application here

required; and if the present order of things has reigned for

sufficient time without the intervention of any influence at

present known to us〃 (The Story of the Heavens; p。 506)。



Would any prudent advocate base a plea; either for or against

revelation; upon the coincidence; or want of coincidence; of the

declarations of the latter with the requirements of an

hypothesis thus guardedly dealt with by an astronomical expert?



(9) Lectures on Evolution delivered in New York (American

Addresses)。



(10) Reuss; L'Histoire Sainte et la Loi; vol。 i; p。 275。



(11) For the sense of the term 〃Elohim;〃 see the essay entitled

〃The Evolution of Theology〃 at the end of this volume。



(12) Perhaps even hippopotamuses and otters!











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