178 Unlike his Scientific Method. 



fluence of an inherited empirical psychology and 

 ethics and a newly discovered evolutionary biology 

 proved too fascinating even for the cautious, fact- 

 revering Darwin. Since there is no animal con 

 science to begin with, and since man s has to be 

 &quot; accounted for, &quot; one must be manufactured as its 

 antecedent. Darwin accordingly takes sociability, 

 which is common to man and beast, as one ele 

 ment, and for the other element, high intelligence, 

 which is peculiar to man ; and from their combi 

 nation, by a kind of psychological chemistry, gets 

 you a primitive conscience. Elsewhere the fa 

 mous scientist lays before you different species 

 with their intervening forms, many of which he 

 has himself actually produced ; and from a sur 

 vey of all the facts concludes there is no absolute 

 distinction between them. But here he treats 

 you to an imaginary psychology imaginary facts 

 and imaginary processes, which have no other 

 warrant than his own preconception of the deriv 

 ative character of the moral faculty. The sure 

 footed investigator here roams at random over 

 an impalpable void that offers no foothold ; and 

 soaring in his flight, you may follow, but cannot 

 catch him. He has deserted the kingdom of fact, 

 which no mortal had ever half so well mastered, 

 and, in an incautious moment, embarked upon the 



