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But, nevertheless, ladies and gentlemen, I retain 

 my own reasonable freedom of thought. If I 

 submit anything to another person, and ask him 

 to examine it and judge of its accuracy, it may well 

 be that two heads are better than one. I have often 

 found that the opinion of my works, which others 

 have expressed before their publication, has pre 

 vented me from committing myself to what is 

 false or of minor importance and this is surely 

 a great advantage to me, but that is only an inci 

 dental remark. 



I retain my freedom of thought, provided that I 

 submit my knowledge in one department to my own 

 knowledge in another and higher department. 1 



When, therefore, Professor Plate declared at the 

 end of his speech that / could not be a genuine 

 scientist or a genuine scholar, he was expressing his 

 own private opinion, which I at least do not share. 

 (Laughter.) 



My audience will pardon me for dealing more 

 shortly with my next opponent. Dr. Bolsche 

 expressed his own views on the subject of mon 

 ism, and he was quite free to do so ; but if he by 



any control over the publications of its members that the cry of Intoler 

 able subjugation of the intellect is suddenly raised. 



1 If any one is convinced that one truth cannot contradict another truth, 

 he will regard it as a matter of course for a scientist, who is at the same 

 time a theologian, to try to reconcile his scientific with his theological know 

 ledge. A scientist who has no religious belief is certainly not justified in 

 asserting that he alone aims at truth, simply because he is an unbeliever. 

 I was glad to perceive from Professor Dahl s closing remarks (p. 134) that 

 not all modern scientists are so narrow-minded. 



