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luton in Germany" from his A1dont advocacy
Of tia loctrlne and his eflctont efforts to sua-
tain Il by tbs results Of his Investigations In
biology, A marked featnre Of tho prcsons work
is tho clear ard connected account Of tho riac
aud growth Of tho theory Of development
from the frat hints Of isH conception by La-
march, St. 1Iilaire, Goethe, and Oknn. to its
Anal establishment by Darwin. Thls history OF
tho graduA, evolution OF tie snoat important
| hypothesis unfoidcl tn tho domain OF SCI
enee s.nce Newton put forth the theory OF ofav'
itetion 200 yoasa ago. 10 moro fairiy and compro-
| hennEvoly presented by Prof. Haecke shan It bag
been hy Any othcr writer. 1ta interest ta 90 Froht
that wo hAye mado an abstract Of It, which. how
over, for conHeience' sake. has beon roforrod TO
| the column exclusively devoted TO Science.
Prof. Ilaockol wrltcs with c1trems enthuniae ~ |
Of tho theories Of Dcscous and Of Natural S9iee-
| ton. and also OF tho 'nlturo-phtloeopheta "ho
| have contributed TO their calculation but his
cnt.,nslasm is enjoyable. for It Is baeod upon Al
empirical knowledge Of tho yalne OF tho theories.
ho @ las % g,1on Of their Significance. Whom teryor
Ia sanctioned by reason, % in tho present IN
stance. 1t ID desirable clement even in acisn;
tho demonstration smpartng Wat.n s1' na,opa ~
mind with corresponding ardor. and propafo
him more readily and gracfoua1y to aoaept new
aud unexpected truths.
theory of Developments, Prof. itheckol makes
souo remarks upon the incnpac!ty OF uusclcn-
stc possons to pronounce an opltiion aPon a w
their Windou, boen brought lome to the minds
of tho lcgions OF theoiog!ans aud bchol'asls Mno
have presumed to dogmatizo upon tho hypotno- a
al With authority ne wo1d %oad s nave poen
controversy. baya Prof. uaeckol:
In tho nrs place. must observe that In order thor
oughly to understand tho doctrine 81 Descent ana 10
10 convinced Of 3ts absolute tsut! u inHsRchaApIo
to posests general knowledge Of tbe whoo domain Of
biological phenon,en. n. tsory q be:esn = 90 5,o
asss s Ss SsSde saS st. @ xho
pass valid Judgment upon should possess. no ne Ge
ss.ne ssets, M enpria knowlcso of III. Or
of Zoology o.any % no sufficient; .aoy y nut s.
7.o"ssna. nsee1s Il s,st u Tho Of ons Of the
organic asdon. They t.e Sushs tsss to nSDw
peeisJ comratayo anatomy, from tho oxd5nn adt
a es nG and nd tsy ought 10 ha7o # ae
deep mechanical casta eonns;tton nstween ~ ,asso
casee .! general culture. aid especially philosophical
education, requisite; which u however, nn.os!a ~
III astey q msn' s
rieai kno,s<d7f and tho phtiosoph1eat unatrsdnd"g
& Sososes ssSsss sssssa Ress"'s; Il &. a" y D.
= scent. oo,.
dlson for ras understanding Of tlo theory Of Do;
reca 70 thak e ho sonassa 4ssn mi Ia1s ors
h9 hsvs m adxerss
y of them arc unaeieanc persona, who either knew
a nothing Of the moat important u oviy S
eancs What should say o. N ~ e5so1
who Presumed to eIpreas or aS one VIC pro
suinod question tho Sertohrol eosys eve
having studied Comparative Anato5 nna ~ os oa
" thehstory Of the boloNcs1 theory Of pesccnt On
lc hears Of thousands Of unaccns!no ana nut a
y Gated pcrnona passing nuai judgment upon u
although they know nothing etthes Of poany yoes o.
Zoology. q Comparative Anstony OF sns .eGty y
pens ~ Iuxey we'll says, that most of The writing
pnsed sgstnst D.Iwtn are not worth tho paper Ut
on "a on:which they arc written.
rs Prof, unockol declares thht tho only works op
70 70 posed to Darwin and the theory, 81 Dezcea
- which dcacrvo confederation, much lcas roiuts
ton arc those Of Agasstz "thc 9nig emanct toc
as ei''fs oi poveormeot. % Accordingly the theory
a. creation as doAucd by Agass!z is discussed :
49, 49, length, along with tint VI cuvier, in AL ear
OF After akoscbing the history Of tho Devefopme'
ho M theory, Prot. Haeckc proceods to an insorprut
tiou Of tho doctrine in the light which liu'ae
mt aud Other devoted natusaa's hase cass upaa mo
~ ~ tho periods aud records Of creation, tho pedlgr
W, va aud history of tho vegetable and animal nn
rd doms tho origin apd pedigree of mar: ana u
~ closing tho whole with summary OF the o.
leu M icctIops against tho theory Of Descent and
- -" tho proofs Of itB truth.
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~ -, urelcnBion Of tho nature and limits Of Its
our pointed mission. In dealing with any pran
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l Inn IN, {ha nd Of
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tho WIZ Ao1n -" ~ T.; >
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at;n, In tho Arat part OF hia worA Sfr. 1lamcr
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,orty Etching, which he esteemB tho nobtcht OF
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tho average Asptrant Thousands, lncsuc
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9sSy 70 .a Of yorasry
riJ- II IL Etching. In this respect there IL rol
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