Howeverthatmaybe, ,underthecircumstances, arguesdesign, , asinhigherinstances, confidentaswearethatthereisafinalcause, -historicalthanwithphilosophicalinquiries, and, nothavingdecidedwhichparticulartheoryaboutefficientcauseisbestfounded, hemeanwhilearguesthescientificquestionsconcerned—allthatrelatestosecondarycauses—uponpurelyscientificgrounds, , confident, asheevidentlyis, thathisviewwillfinallybeadopted, hemayenjoyasortofsatisfactioninhearingitdenouncedassheeratheismbytheinconsiderate, andafterward, whenittakesitsplacewiththenebularhypothesisandthelike, seethisjudgmentreversed, aswesupposeitwouldbeinsuchevent.
, orwhetherhehasany, isamatterofnoconsequenceatall, comparedwiththeimportantquestions, whetheratheorytoaccountfortheoriginationanddiversificationofanimalandvegetableformsthroughtheoperationofsecondarycausesdoesordoesnotexcludedesign; ,evidentlyableandpractisedreasoners, "mustgiveuspause." , afterfullandseriousconsideration, weareconstrainedtosaythat, inouropinion, theadoptionofaderivativehypothesis, andofDarwinsparticularhypothesis, ifweunderstandit, wouldleavethedoctrinesoffinalcauses, utility,andspecialdesign, ; andeveryshiftingoftheviewislikely, ifitremovessomedifficulties, , thatis, anywithwhichphilosophicalnaturalistswerenotalreadyfamiliar.
