MR. DARWIN S CRITICS * 



[1871] 



THE gradual lapse of time has now separated us by 

 more than a decade from the date of the publi 

 cation of the &quot; Origin of Species &quot; and whatever 

 may be thought or said about Mr. Darwin s doc 

 trines, or the manner in which he has propounded 

 them, this much is certain, that, in a dozen years, 

 the &quot; Origin of Species &quot; has worked as complete a 

 revolution in biological science as the &quot; Principia &quot; 

 did in astronomy and it has done so, because, in 

 the words of Helmholtz, it contains &quot; an essentially 

 new creative thought.&quot; 2 



And as time has slipped by, a happy change 



1 1. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. By 

 A.R.Wallace. 1870. 2. The Genesis of Species. By St. George 

 Mivart, F.R.S. Second Edition. 1871. 3. Darwin s Descent 

 of Man. Quarterly Ilcvicw, July 1871. 



2 Helmholtz : Ucber das Zicl und die Fortschritte dcr Natur- 

 wisscnsehaft. Eroffnungsrede fur die Naturforscherversauiiu- 

 lung zu Innsbruck. 1869. 



