We can not tell why of two exactly similar bulbs put into
precisely similar soil one should bloom out as a tulip and
the other come up as an onion. We do not know how the flowers
receive their color or perfume, nor why it is that while we can
catch the shadow in the camera we can not imprison the color.
There are many things, too, for which we have not been able to
frame laws. We can not agree as to the cause of earthquakes, the
origin of volcanic fires, or the birth-throes of the whirlwind.
We do not even know our own origin, and the thinking world is
divided between evolution and creation. We do not know even
the normal color of man, whether we are bleached from the dark
original, or whether the dark races are sunburnt editions of the
early whites. Was the flood local or universal? Did Atlantis
exist? Were there giants in those days? These are a few of the
many questions that might be asked and remain unanswered.--San
Francisco _Chronicle_.
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See IGNORANCE OF ORIGIN AND DESTINY.