, We shall now quote a few passages from the re
view, in proof of the theory-phobia of its reverend
author. The author of the “ Vestiges” says, reasoning,
‘of course, from:analogy, that “organic matter must
be everywhere the same;"” and, again, “that the in-
habitanta of all the globes, probably, bear not only a
general, but a particular ‘resemblance to our own,
as the whole of creative arrangements are in perfect
unity.” But let us hear how these very harmless,
and really inoffensive, speculations are handled by
the reviewer. “ Wehave no softer words (says he)
to explain our meaning, when we call this kind of
language the raving madness of hypothetical extra-
vagance. It is at open war with all the calm lessons
of inductive truth, and, on any interpretation we can
give of it, bears on its front the stamp of folly, and
irreverence towards the Gud of nature.” R., p. 25.