The Relation of Science and Religion.pdf - Online Christian Library

LIFE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT. 139still occupying that position which makes historicaltreatment of the subject the most appropriate,leaving to speculation the probablelines of adjustment which may render possiblea wider induction bearing on a general theoryof the universe.The observations of Alfred Russell Wallacein the Malay Archipelago led towards thesame conclusions as those indicated by Darwin,to whom Mr. Wallace dedicated hisbook," giving the results of research extendingfrom 1854 to 1862, and in confirmationof Darwin's theory, though differing on importantpoints, Wallace published in 1870 hisContribution to the Theory of Natural flelection.Mr. Darwin's views when first promulgatedreceived decided though somewhatguarded support from Sir Charles Lyell,whose geological studies marked him out asa highly qualified witness on the subject, andwere strongly favored by Dr. Hooker, authorof Introduction to Me Australian PZora, whilethey encountered not a little criticism, andwere met with announcements of formal reservations,on the part of distinguished naturalists.* Malay Archipelago, 1869.