TRUE？”RecollectionsofthepositioninwhichtheRomanChurchfounditselfaftertheestablishmentofthedoctrinesofCopernicusandGalileonaturallycameintothemindsofthemorethoughtful。InGermanythisconsiderationdoesnotseemtohaveoccurredatquitesoearlyaday。OneeminentLutheranclergymanatMagdeburgcalledonhishearerstochoosebetweenDarwinandreligion；Delitszch，inhisnewcommentaryonGenesis，attemptedtobringsciencebacktorecognisehumansinasanimportantfactorincreation；Prof。HeinrichEwald，whilecarefullyavoidinganysharpconflictbetweenthescripturaldoctrineandevolution，comfortedhimselfbycoveringDarwinandhisfollowerswithcontempt；Christlieb，inhisaddressbeforetheEvangelicalAllianceatNewYorkin1873，simplytooktheviewthatthetendenciesoftheDarwiniantheorywere“towardinfidelity。”butdeclinedtomakeanyseriousbattleonbiblicalgrounds；theJesuit，FatherPesch，inHolland，drewupinLatin，aftertheoldscholasticmanner，asortofgeneralindictmentofevolution，ofwhichonemaysaythatitwasinteresting——asinterestingasthedisplayofatroopinchainarmourandwithcross-bowsonanineteenth-centurybattlefield。
FromAmericatherecamenewechoes。AmongthemyriadattacksontheDarwiniantheorybyProtestantsandCatholicstwoshouldbeespeciallymentioned。ThefirstofthesewasbyDr。NoahPorter，PresidentofYaleCollege，anexcellentscholar，aninterestingwriter，anobleman，broadlytolerant，combininginhisthinkingacuriousmixtureofradicalismandconservatism。
Whilegivinggreatlatitudetotheevolutionaryteachingintheuniversityunderhiscare，hefeltithisdutyupononeoccasiontoavowhisdisbeliefinit；buthewastoowiseamantosuggestanynecessaryantagonismbetweenitandtheScriptures。Heconfinedhimselfmainlytopointingoutthetendencyoftheevolutiondoctrineinthisformtowardagnosticismandpantheism。
Tothosewhoknewandlovedhim，andhadnotedthegenialwayinwhichbywiseneglecthehadallowedscientificstudiestoflourishatYale，therewasanamusingsidetoallthis。Withinastone’sthrowofhiscollegeroomswastheMuseumofPaleontology，inwhichProf。Marshhadlaidsidebyside，amongotherevidencesofthenewtruth，thatwonderfulseriesofspecimensshowingtheevolutionofthehorsefromtheearliestformoftheanimal，“notlargerthanafox，withfivetoes。”
throughthewholeseriesuptohispresentformandsize——thatserieswhichHuxleydeclaredanabsoluteproofoftheexistenceofnaturalselectionasanagentinevolution。InspiteofthevenerationandlovewhichallYalemenfeltforPresidentPorter，itwashardlytobeexpectedthattheseparticularargumentsofhiswouldhavemuchpermanenteffectuponthemwhentherewasconstantlybeforetheireyessoconvincingarefutation。