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title: 'Is There Final Cause in Evolution?'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'James McCosh'
date: 1889-10-10
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church History'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 15'
- 'Matthew 16'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccosh-1889-is-there-final-cause-in-evolution
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# Is There Final Cause in Evolution?

Two pieces: Douglas Sladen’s poem 'The Death of Columbus' and W. S. Perry’s account of the 1784–85 founding and early General Convention of the American Episcopal Church.

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