,upongroundsalreadyintimated, that, whatevertheyweregoodforbeforeDarwinsbookappeared, , theOrdainerofNature; , norisitourvocationtoobviatethemItsufficesustoknowthattheyarenotnewnorpeculiardifficulties—that, asDarwinstheoryandourreasoningsuponitdidnotraisetheseperturbingspirits, , thatthedoctrineofdesignencounterstheverysamedifficultiesinthematerialthatitdoesinthemoralworldisJustwhatoughttobeexpected.
Sotheissuebetweentheskepticandthetheistisonlytheoldone, longagoarguedout—namely,; theyconcernonlythequestionhowtheresults, whetherfortuitousordesigned, ,and, beingaconnectedandconsistentsystem, , chancecarriesnoprobabilitieswithit, canneverbedevelopedintoaconsistentsystem, but, whenappliedtotheexplanationoforderlyorbeneficialresults, , .
Itisveryeasytoassumethat, becauseeventsinNatureareinonesenseaccidental, andtheoperativeforceswhichbringthemtopassarethemselvesblindandunintelligent (physicallyconsidered, allforcesare), thereforetheyareundirected, , , whoinsiststhattheonlyalternativetothedoctrine, thatallorganizedbeingsweresupernaturallycreatedjustastheyare, is, thattheyhavearisenspontaneouslythroughtheomnipotenceofmatter.
