Man, caused Dr. Carpenter to describe him as "a physiologist among physiologists, and a scholar among scholars," declared, after a masterly review and analysis of the whole subject, as his matured opinion respecting "all the distinct tribes of sentient beings in the universe, that we are entitled to draw confidently the conclusion that all human races are of one species and one family."

(4.) Lastly, we have the testimony of Mr. Darwin himself, who declared in his work on The Expression of the Emotions in Man and other Animals,* to this effect"All the chief expressions exhibited by man are the same throughout the world. The fact is interesting, as it affords a new argument in favour of the several races being descended from a single parent stock."

Such was the opinion of a few among the greatest scientific names of the 19th century, with whom Professor Huxley

*See Appendix U.

was evidently unacquainted, as he boasted he did not know a single person who believed what is so plainly recorded in the Bible, that unerring Word, which has God for its author, truth without mixture of error for its matter, and the happiness of mankind for its end. Leav-. ing, therefore, this veritable and learned Ishmaelite to his own devices, I pass on to notice briefly two more of Darwin's disciples who claim to be your cousins, as they both happen to be denizens of that great country, which has been so finely described by a distinguished American statesman as "bounded on the north by the Aurora Borealis, on the east by the rising sun, on the west by the horizon, and on the south as far as we choose to go!"

Professor Andrew Jackson Davis may be regarded as the Huxley of the Far West in respect of Darwinism and the Origin of Man, only he claims to have acquaintanceship with the spirit world, which the latter despises, and so, of course, can

make no pretensions to stellar learning. The American professor is known to be the founder of the "Pantheon of Progress"-a magnificent temple on the banks of the Hudson river, which, in the comprehensive language of its architect, "covers an immense field of beautiful conceptions, also boundless regions of psychological problems and of scientific discoveries innumerable "-and author of several works relating to "Spiritualism" and the "Origin of Man." Hence, Professor Davis, in his Principles of Nature, teaches that "MATTER is the substance of every thing in the universe, and it is a law of Nature to produce its ultimate result, viz., the MIND."

In his description of the "Pantheon of Progress," Professor Davis tells his visitors that they will meet in his Halls of Science with Brahma, "the representative idealist"-Sanconiatho, "the divine friend of mankind," and many other ancient celebrities; notably Moses, "the reputed author of certain personal bye

laws (viz., the Decalogue) and egotistic institutions. But whether he lived or not," the lively professor paradoxically remarks, "is a question of no importance, for he lives in the 'Pantheon of Progress,' together with Jesus Christ, of whom too little is really known for an honest man to affirm any thing as positively true."

In his Principles of Nature, the learned professor tells his readers that it is by spiritualism that he has acquired his amazing stock of knowledge. "I pass," he says, "from the body with a desire for a particular kind of information. This desire attracts the particular kind of information from all other things, and causes it to flow into the mind;" and he adds, with natural pride, as lifting him above ordinary professors like Huxley or Haeckel-"I can converse with the spirits distinctly, and learn from them the peculiar impressions and affections of their souls."

The professor, thus taught by the spirits, proceeds to instruct his fellow-creatures

on the various subjects of MATTER, MIND, and MAN in the following lucid way.

"MATTER," taught the American professor, "is the substance of every thing in the universe, and it is a law of Matter to produce its ultimate, viz., MIND. As the first power of motion contained all forces known to exist, so did Matter contain the specific properties to produce MAN, who is the most perfect combination of organised matter. There are only two existing principles-one, the body; the other, the soul: one, the divine Positive mind; the other, the Univercælum. MAN is a part of this great body of the Divine Mind. He is a gland, or minute organ, the earth being to him as a stomach. Sound conveys to the mind a peculiar vibration, which irresistibly undulates the portion of the mind with which it comes in contact, and this vibration is the idea.

"MAN was originally an oyster, or clam, from which he has progressed to his present condition; this oyster produced a tadpole (possibly the same as Darwin's