(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];