Excerpt from Homo Versus Darwin: A Judicial Examination of Statements Recently Published by Mr. Darwin AT the beginning of this year the reading classes of England were all, more or less, in a state of expectancy, their attention being fixed on Mr. Darwin, who was known to be engaged in bringing out a work which was to mark a new era in Natural Science. It was confidently believed by many that he had in his possession facts which would enable him to establish his favourite hypo thesis ou a sure basis, and lay all his opponents, whether men or systems, defeated in the dust. The work at length appeared, and was eagerly read by thousands throughout our land. There is no difficulty in getting through the two volumes of which it is composed, for they abound in facts gathered from that most interesting field of enquiry - Natural History; and where facts fail him, Mr. Darwin is able, in their stead, to present suppositions quite as interesting, and perhaps even more startling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.