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ARGUMENTS FOR EVOLUTION 153

** Thus," Spencer concludes, *⁽ of these four groups
eacli furnished several argoments which point to the
same conclusion ; and the conclusion pointed to by
the arguments of any one gronp, is that pointed to by
the arguments of every other group. This coincid-
ence of coincidences would give to the induction a
very high degree of probability, even were it not
enforced by deduction. But the conclusion deduc-
tively reached is in harmony with the inductive
conclusion."



	ARGUMENTS FOR EVOLUTION 153 ** Thus," Spencer concludes, *⁽ of these four groups eacli furnished several argoments which point to the same conclusion ; and the conclusion pointed to by the arguments of any one gronp, is that pointed to by the arguments of every other group. This coincid- ence of coincidences would give to the induction a very high degree of probability, even were it not enforced by deduction. But the conclusion deduc- tively reached is in harmony with the inductive conclusion."