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before." Here again Father Wasmann uses 

 terms somewhat loosely and in a way that is 

 apt to be misleading. If, when he says that 

 ''the name Darwinism is applied in a general 

 way to the theory of evolution," he means that 

 Darwin applied his theory of evolution "in a 

 general way" to the evolution of organic be 

 ings from creation down to the present time, 

 and from one or two primordial forms to all 

 the endless varieties which have appeared on 

 our globe ; then, indeed, is he near to the 

 truth ; but if by this expression he means 

 and this seems to be the case that Darwin 

 extended his speculations on evolution beyond 

 the limits of the organic world and into the 

 inorganic, then is he dealing with an assumption 

 that is, as we have just seen, without the 

 slightest tittle of evidence. 



The object of Father Wasmann's divisions 

 of Darwinism is, as we have already said, to 

 rid the Christian philosophy of the stigma of 

 the third division. For this purpose he wishes 

 to effect a permanent divorce between Darwin 

 and his own theory. Father Wasmann makes 

 no secret of his motives. He frankly tells us 



