OTAMA IN REPLY TO HOKONUI.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 367, 20 June 1884, Page 2

OTAMA IN REPLY TO HOKONUI.

THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION. L,,^ j urf U'rrr rjUrd j.;^:;..- ;: ;;, : . „ j v ,. 7 , yf[ „ r '"''"'~" :; j-'»»«vh<f o ja¥ c ff.*Di^9B. jl -. v; ■'„'-■. , ; ! ,; Sir,-j-I have never.,, bpfpre. heard of the , Principal oi: the Montreal University, liiitif 1 ! ; heard" of him frortf 'i&ffkttomK&m " ifl yoftr, . last issue. I have never read any of his works, JmaolMess did I know that Evolution l was the pet..thfioryj3ohe^Almighty_Dawson._ Even ifi 1 dic^l should be sorry to rob him of L his glory,.! aMim gc&oAa|tl <^>ij,f I haeren^em cum multa laude deteahere " TVHob. ,lAs " Southern Cross^harshown birn- ' self to be^on.,-; in, <rtore, I wilWeara ' Lhim.tdmtfsidteii/^t^ion FuMIM pro lotippubllco. We Yankees-are a jealous race, ) eryjthin^^.reat, and^big ,mußt origii Xankeedom,' ' or ' it's not 'Worth : ~haVUlgJ ' ! '.'i'» r,,,n ;•..-,.< .-,- . ,; ,;,,;,-.. oJriil .., \ my ,paper..,oa,^Yo^i : tipn, I iclearly stated that my object was to give,,, Succinctly the arguments for and against t^e> t&eoiyy which:! did.as^fairiyias; possible ; and then I stated my own views and opinions oji Ev.olution, for which only 1 aih resporisible^an^the^e* 1 !' kim' 1 quffe'pf^ r ' pared ito maintain against all cpmersj-. M -" Southern Cross " can pick in them all 1 have got to eay ia the one word— let' him chcfose.his seconder and strip. To that Mn& : of.-woiHltake^s kindly ,and. as contentedly a^ goslings or ducks .tate r --- : -x-- : 1 Let, me inform "Southern Gr©W"'"in frietid- ■ thip that though[ni£ library is well furnished ; witk Gre.e][i, Fr^dcb authors; of any ' age from old Father Hesiod,who was Adam's -first progenitor, down to Pliny_ihe younger, I seldom refer to them. Knowing my classics intimately $i$ stijKfhli^tigeijj. qW'^ ■■ Mgers' ends,l quote ex iriemoria^Yevbal. fiistincuons seldom trouble me if I give the substance, [ .Furthermore,! can' inform "S.CV^tiiat 'f Savfc neverquoted a line oya. passage from any ; ay.shoi [ either (Classical U 6r. English without ri duiy[ac: knowledgihg it.' "Sittera Scrip'ta Mariet'^'an'd ;, .if he can prove that I did.l' must say-).thafri--I „ ; am.jaot wprthy to get my letter inserfed .in ' yourjpurnal. .lean again aasure'fcybur cor' !^^ 'reisp.tjndent that Monsieur Dawsoii, -so^far Hi '• "my kn|oyrledge of him or his worn.s go, migW k be .{the missing link between man and th« r ape or! Barnum'a white; elsphant; ; ;. BuJ;. whor ,' ever the Almighty Dawson is, if he has origi „ 'ginatedthe "Theory of Evolution " I sa^ u <( glo.ry to him." tbiii! : my' Yankee friend. As "Southern Cross 1 ■ cannot receive any further attention "from m< L •• J , wi 4 -P^' him r :oaF;jhyi dist-, rof) deg»rjtee friends, and « Peace to iiis ashes."— l am , &c.,' : -'■■ (-lji • •■ • : ''■';.'/' i - ' ■ : i J.M. ,r Qtapia, Jwe X7th, 1884.3 'r, ■ ■ 1 ■