(2) Requires what Nature does not give—a close succession of animal races, differing but infinitesimally from each other, [43];
(3) His argument is essentially materialistic and is therefore false, [45];
(4) It ignores man’s intellectual and moral nature, [46];
(5) It ignores or overrides the law of nature by which hybrids are infertile, [46];
(6) This scheme is in many points revolting to the common sense of mankind, [46];
(7) It is reckless of the authority of revelation, [48].
CHAPTER II.
THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN, [49];
Two main questions:
1. Is the human family older than Adam? [49];