. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . h were de-voted to the attempted refutation of the hypoth-esis, which now gained the name of Darwinism,But it seemed that the united antagonism of athousand assailants was insufficient to beatdown the small and modest treatise which tiienaturalist had put forth, embodying his viewsas to the methods by which the various formsof animal and vegetable life
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . h were de-voted to the attempted refutation of the hypoth-esis, which now gained the name of Darwinism,But it seemed that the united antagonism of athousand assailants was insufficient to beatdown the small and modest treatise which tiienaturalist had put forth, embodying his viewsas to the methods by which the various formsof animal and vegetable life on the earth havebeen evolved into their present aspect and ac-tivities. The ensuing quarter of a century waslargely occupied in the scientific world withthe debate, which was waged, with ever-increas-ing advantage on the side of the Darwinans;nor may it be well denied, as the controversysubsides, that a new era has been reached inthe history of the human mind, as it respectsits fundamental concepts of the andmovements by which the varieties of animatedbeing on the earth have appeared and reachedtheir present development. GREAT BRITAIN.—SUFFRAGE REFORM. 37S Chapter CXXXI.—Sufkraoe REFORrvi and aivier- lOAN 1ITH the fall of Palmer-stou, Lord Derby againcame to the head of theGoverDiiient. With himwere associated BenjaminDisraeli, as Chancellor ofl\ the Exchequer; LordStanley, as Secretary for the Colonies; LordMalmesbury, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs;and General Peel, as Secretary of War. Ofthese, by far the strongest and ablest leaderwas Disraeli, whose coming ascendency inthe Government of Great Britain might beeasil} discerned. One of the first expedientsof the new Cabinet was not to do what its pred-ecessor proposed to do. This principle wasapplied at once to the Conspiracy Bill, which iwas allowed to die of inanition. As for tlierest, tlie attention of Parliament was at oncedirected to the question of the removal of theremaining political
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