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conditions and discuss llie oullook as to the persistence 

 of human life and society and of tlie values that belong 

 to them It is not enouf»h to liope (or fear?) the rising 

 of new forms; we have also to investigate tlie possibility 

 of upholding the forms and ideals wliicli have hitherto 

 been the bases of human life. Darwin has here given liis 

 age the most earnest and most impressive lesson." 



Darwin's influence on religious thought is discussed 

 by the Rev. P. N. Waggett in a most suggestive article, in 

 which he points out that he believes Darwin's doctrine 

 to be in the long run wholly beneficial to religious 

 thought, for it encouraged in theology the evolutionary 

 method of study, which has shaped all modern research. 



'' The influence of Darwinism on tlie study of Religion '^ 

 is discussed by Dr. Jane Ellen Harrison, who writes: — 

 " The study of ])rimitive religions has been made possible 

 and even inevitable by the theory of Evolution.'' 



'' Evolution and the Science of Language " is con- 

 tributed by Dr. P. Giles, who remarks that '' Darwin's 

 own views on language which are set forth most fully in 

 " The Descent of Man " are characterised by great 

 modesty and caution.'' 



" Darwinism and History'' is discussed by Professor 

 Bury, who states that '• The men engaged in special 

 historical researches .... have for the most part, worked 

 on the assumptions of genetic history, or at least followed 

 in the footsteps of those who fully grasped the genetic 

 point of view." 



Dr. Loeb contributes a most interesting article on 

 •' The Experimental Study of the Influence of Environ- 

 ment on Animals," wherein he states that '' Each species 

 has, probably, its own specific nuclein or nuclear 

 material." 



Valuable biological articles are contributed therein by 

 Professors J. A. Thomson, A. W. Weismann, H. de Vries, 

 W. Bateson, E. Strasburger, E. Haeckel, A. Sedgwick, 

 D. H. Scott, E. B. Poulton, C. L. Morgan and Sir Francis 

 Darwin. 



