_natural events_, and shows that "Geology differs as widely from Cosmogony as speculations concerning the _Creation of Man_ differ from his _History_." FOOTNOTES: [28] "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," p. 17. [29] AUGUSTE COMTE, "Cours de Philosophic Positive," II. 363, 376. The merits of this attempt are very differently estimated by two competent authorities; by PROFESSOR SEDGWICK in the "Edinburgh Review," No. 82, p. 22; and by SIR DAVID BREWSTER in the "North British Review," No. 3, p. 476. [30] "Vestiges," p. 11, 23. [31] WHEWELL, "Indications of a Creator." SEDGWICK'S "Discourse," 5th edition. "Edinburgh Review," No. 82. SIR D. BREWSTER, "North British Review," No. 3. PROFESSOR DOD, "Princeton Theological Essays," second series. H. MILLER, "Footprints of the Creator." T. MONCK MASON, "Creation by the Immediate Agency of God." [32] THOMAS MONCK MASON, "Creation by the Immediate Agency of God, as opposed to Creation by Natural Law; being a Refutation of 'The Vestiges,'" &c., p. 34. [33] SIR JOHN HERSCHELL, "Memoir on Nebulae and Clusters of Stars," London Philosophical Transactions, 1833. "Edinburgh Review," No. 82, p. 19. [34] "North British Review," No. 3, p. 477. [35] PROFESSOR NICHOL, "The System of the World," Preface, VI., and 108. [36] Ecclesiastes 12: 1. [37] LORENZ OKEN, M. D., "Elements of Physio-philosophy,"--reprinted (unfortunately) under the auspices of the Ray Society, London, 1847. [38] DR. JOHN BARCLAY, "Inquiry concerning Life and Organization," pp. 33, 36. See also pp. 177, 235, 413, 526. [39] "Telliamed; ou, Entretiens d'un Philosophe Indien avec un Missionaire Francois, sur la Diminution de la Mer, la Formation de la Terre, l'Origine de l'Homme," 2 vols., 1748. [40] "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," 6th edition, p. 90. [41] MR. HUGH MILLER, "Footprints of the Creator," p. 226. [42] "North British Review," 1845, p. 483. [43] "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," p. 92. [44] "The Vestiges," p. 104. [45] Ibid. [46] TODD, "Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology," article, Generation. [47] MR. HUGH MILLER, "Footprints of the Creator," p. 233. T. MONCK MASON, "Creation by the Immediate Agency of God." "Princeton Theological Essays," Second Series, p. 422. [48] CUVIER, "Ossemens Fossiles," p. 61. [49] MR. HUGH MILLER, "Footprints," p. 254. [50] DR. WHEWELL'S "Indications," p. 54. [51] "Footprints of the Creator," p. 19. [52] "The Vestiges," p. 105. [53] "The Vestiges," pp. 91, 96. [54] "The Vestiges," p. 9. [55] HUGH MILLER, "Footprints," pp. 13, 15. PROFESSOR DOD, "Princeton Theological Essays," II. 432. [56] CICERO, "De Natura Deorum," L. II. [57] M. COMTE, "Cours de Philosophie Positive," I. 3, 6, 14; IV. viii., 653, 656, 708, 711, 723; V. 1, 9. [58] M. COMTE, "Cours de la Philosophie Positive," I. 3. [59] Ibid., V. 30, 42, 50, 96, 98, 101. [60] M. COMTE, "Cours," V. 37, 75, 91, 101. [61] Ibid., V. 58, 87, 94, 105, 125, 278.