200 NATURAL SCIENCE. March, 1893. 



In this connection it may be not out of place to conclude with a 

 quotation from Fritz M tiller : — 



" A false conception, when the consequences proceeding from it 

 are followed further and further, will sooner or later lead to absurdities 

 and palpable contradictions." (Opening sentence of chapter ii., 

 " Facts for Darwin.") 



That is precisely what the " recapitulation theory " has actually 

 led to. 



C. Herbert Hurst. 



