...staggered when asked to explain the development of the eye by natural selection. He says : To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree. — P. 16Y. Tet he screws Up his courage to face the difficulty. Here ia e whole T>roeess : the whole...

...probability of there being fostililtroua rocks far below the Silurian, in a metamorphic condition. eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting...and for the correction of spherical and chromatic observation, could have been formed by natural selection seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest...

...This is a tolerable specimen of bold assumption; but what follows far surpasses it : — " To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...admitting different amounts of light, and for the correcting of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems,...

...to our quotation, the last that our decreasing space will allow us to give. "To suppose I lint ihe eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting...distances, for admitting different amounts of light, uiid for tin: correction of spherical nnd chromatic aberration could have been formed, by niiturnl...

...staggered when asked to explain the development of the eye by natural selection. He says : To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree. — P. 167. Yet he screws up his courage to face the difficulty. Here is the whole process : If we...

...create perfect eyes as the Almighty himself has. Inasmuch as God has created eyes with all their " inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to...correction of spherical and chromatic aberration," he holds there is no difficulty in believing natural selection can do it also; and by that he means...

...and petrels with the habits of auks. Organs of extreme perfection and complication. — To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admiting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration,...

...wand that relieves him of every difficulty and brings about every result. Mr. Darwin says : To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...and for the correction of spherical and chromatic iberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest...

...result to be so amazing as to be at first sight incredible ;* while another school only * "To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, jeems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree. Yet reason tells me, that of numerous...

...and petrels with the habite of auks. Organs of extreme perfection and complication. — To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances...for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admiting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration,...