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Darwinism is the name given to the general 

 ization of Darwin's theory of selection, and its 

 extension to a 'Darwinian theory of the uni 

 verse.' This is identical with the monistic 

 theory in the form of Haeckelism ; acording to 

 it, the whole world has come into existence 

 without a creator and through merely mechan 

 ical causes." 



There certainly must be a grave mistake 

 here, and the error is absolutely unfair to Dar 

 win. We think it would be difficult for Father 

 Wasmann to show that Darwin in any of his 

 speculations touched upon "a theory of the 

 universe" at all. Whatever may have been 

 his private views on the subject, we fail to find 

 in any of his writings any trace whatever of 

 such speculation. He seems to have confined 

 his studies absolutely to the organic world, 

 and to have left the "theory of the universe" 

 entirely to others. Herbert Spencer, it is true, 

 gave us a theory of the universe, but we look 

 in vain through Darwin's own writings or 

 teachings for a hint of his views on the origin 

 of the cosmos. 



But especially is it in the highest degree 



