towards a solution of the question; the facts we have before us tell neither in one way or the other.”
If man is only a developed ape, how could he have any ideas beyond those of an animal? It is impossible to believe the lofty sentiments and heavenward desires of the human mind could emanate from a mere animal—the idea of another and a better world than this, could never have originated with a mere animal. Revelation alone can account for it.
“To all that breathe the airs of heaven,
Some boon of strength has nature given.
To man she game the flame refined,
The spark of heaven—a thinking mind!”
- Anacreon Ode xxiv.
The development of organisms, through the evolution of species, is only a part of creation; the greater mystery, of the origin of life, and mental phenomena, Mr. Darwin admits is beyond his power to explain.(v pp. 108 151 2, 188.)
