CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE ....... v 



PART I 

 LECTURES ON THE PROBLEM OF EVOLUTION 



I. THE HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY OF EVOLUTION IN 



NATURAL SCIENCE ..... 1 



II. THEISTIC AND ATHEISTIC EVOLUTION EVOLUTION AND 



DARWINISM . . . . . .21 



HI. THE DESCENT OF MAN ..... 49 



PART II 



EVENING DISCUSSION 



Introductory Remarks on the Origin of this Discussion . 85 



Opening Speech by Professor Waldeyer . . .90 



Speech of the First Opponent, Professor Plate . . . 92 



Second Dr. Bolsche . . . 117 



Third Professor Dahl . .123 



Fourth Dr. Friedenthal . . 134 



,, Fifth Professor von Hansemann . 144 



Sixth Count von Hoensbroech . J58 



Seventh Mr. Itelson (the Author) .4 159 



Eighth Dr. Juliusburger . .160 



Ninth Dr. Plotz . . .176 



Tenth Dr. Schmidt-Jena . .187 



Eleventh Dr. Thesing . . .201 



Speech of Father Wasmann (close of the Discussion) . 209 



SUPPLEMENT . . . . . . 240 



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE upon pp. 171, 218, 231 . . 258 



INDEX 261 



