ButarenotmanyindividualsandsomeracesofmenplacedbytheCreator "underunfavorablecircumstances, atleastundersuchasmightbeadvantageouslymodified?" Surelythesereviewersmustbelivinginanidealworld, surroundedby "thefaultlessmonsterswhichourworldneersaw," insomeelysiumwhereimperfectionanddistresswereneverheardof! SuchargumentsresemblesomewhichweoftenhearagainsttheBible, holdingthatbookresponsibleasifitoriginatedcertainfactsontheshadysideofhumannatureortheapparentlydarkerlinesofProvidentialdealing, thoughthefactsarefactsofcommonobservationandhavetobeconfronteduponanytheory.
TheNorthAmericanrevieweralsohasaworldofhisown—justsuchaoneasanidealizingphilosopherwouldbeapttodevise—thatis, fullofsharpandabsolutedistinctions: such, forinstance, asthe"absoluteinvariablenessofinstinct;" anabsolutewantofintelligenceinanybruteanimal; andacompletemonopolyofinstinctbythebruteanimals, sothatthis "instinctisagreatmatter" forthemonly, sinceitsharplyandperfectlydistinguishesthisportionoforganicNaturefromthevegetablekingdomontheonehandandfrommanontheother: mostconvenientviewsforargumentativepurposes, butwesupposenotborneoutinfact.
