16 THE BIOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF TO-DAY 



have an important bearing on the future of biology, 

 upon its aim and the method of research. 



But criticism of Weismann's hypothesis is not to 

 be an end in itself; I am more anxious to show the 

 lines upon which, as I think, the real meaning of 

 the process of organic development will come to be 

 learned. In a second section, therefore, I shall 

 explain my own views in greater detail, and, as I 

 hope, place them on a firmer foundation than 

 formerly was possible. 



