The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12)

the expressions of his fancy, taste and wisdom-that he made them all precisely as they are to-day-that he invented fins and legs and wings-that he furnished th

animals below him. They also asserted that all the forms of vegetation, fro

looking for facts. They were examining the fossils of animals and plants-studying the forms of animals-the

estions that stimulated the spirit of investigation, and with conclusions that satisfied the mind. He

ion, the Survival of the Fittest, and the influence of environment, s

nd candor, found the facts, fulfilled the prophecies, and demonstrated the truth of the guesses, hints and assertions. He was, in m

view began to lo

He stood at a great height, and with the eyes of a philosopher, a profound

ked more abs

allenged the world. The great theologians and the small scientists-those who had more coura

. He was absolutely loyal to what he thought was truth. Without prejudice and wit

ooked smal

form-followed the line of development, the path of life, until he reached th

convinced that they were right, and that all the theologians

fell back to dust, the snake crawled into th