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reasons we shall take the liberty of examining 

 Father Wasmann's position at close range, and 

 of applying strictures where to us they may 

 seem necessary. 



It goes, of course, without saying, that Father 

 Wasmann is as orthodox even in his evolution 

 as Pope Pius X. himself. His work has the 

 approval of his own Jesuit Provincial, as well as 

 the "Imprimatur" of the Archbishop of St. 

 Louis, and no one could have fought more 

 valiantly than he against the monists, material 

 ists and atheists who in Germany take their 

 stand under the aegis of evolution. From the 

 standpoint of orthodoxy there is little to find 

 fault with, and it is wholly from the standpoint 

 of scientific and logical conclusion that we in 

 tend to deal with it. 



Doubtless Father Wasmann will repel with 

 indignation our statement which classes him as 

 a disciple of Darwin. But there is no remedy 

 for it; in his acceptance of the theory of evo 

 lution it would be impossible to class him other 

 wise, much as Father Wasmann may object. 

 Indeed, the very first anomaly that strikes us 

 in Father Wasmann's book is the desperate 



