[28] _The Advance of Science_. Three sermons preached in
Manchester Cathedral on Sunday, September 4, 1887,
during the meeting of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science, by the Bishop of Carlisle, the
Bishop of Bedford, and the Bishop of Manchester.
[29] Reprinted in Vol. IV. of this collection.
[30] _American Journal of Science_, 1885, p. 190.
[31] Professor Geikie, however, though a strong, is a fair
and candid advocate. He says of Darwin's theory, "That
it may be possibly true, in some instances, may be
readily granted." For Professor Geikie, then, it is not
yet over-thrown--still less a dream.
[32] I find, moreover, that I specially warned my readers
against hasty judgment. After stating the facts of
observation, I add, "I have, hitherto, said nothing
about their meaning, as, in an inquiry so difficult and
fraught with interest as this, it seems to me to be in
the highest degree important to keep the questions of
fact and the questions of interpretation well apart"
(p. 210).