Also, "scornfullytorepudiate" orto "sneerattheideaofanymanifestationofdesigninthematerialuniverse," isonething; whiletoconsider, andperhapstoexaggerate, thedifficultieswhichattendthepracticalapplicationofthedoctrineoffinalcausestocertaininstances, isquiteanotherthing: yettheBostonreviewers, weregrettosay, , wearesurprisedthatheshouldbechargedwithscorningorsneeringattheopinionsofothers, —wewillconsiderthatquestionpresently— butastotheExaminerscharge, thathe "sneersattheideaofanymanifestationofdesigninthematerialuniverse," thoughweareconfidentthatnomisrepresentationwasintended, :
"Ifgreenwoodpeckersalonehadexisted, orwedidnotknowthatthereweremanyblackandpiedkinds,Idaresaythatweshouldhavethoughtthatthegreencolorwasabeautifuladaptationtohidethistree-frequentingbirdfromitsenemies."
"IfourreasonleadsustoadmirewithenthusiasmamultitudeofinimitablecontrivancesinNature, thissamereasontellsus, thoughwemayeasilyerronbothsides, , which, whenusedagainstmanyattackinganimals, cannotbewithdrawn, owingtothebackwardserratures, andsoinevitablycausesthedeathoftheinsectbytearingoutitsviscera?"
