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cause turns as to the body endowed with the 

 proper jurisdiction and the requisite attain 

 ments to decide the difficulties which arise in 

 the discussion of his problems. The arrange 

 ment in the case of Father Wasmann's lectures 

 made the whole affair a quite unique proceed 

 ing. Indeed, its singularity makes it quite a 

 remarkable episode in these latter days of the 

 history of evolution. Three different nights 

 were assigned to Father Wasmann for the de 

 livery of his three lectures. A night was then 

 set apart for the discussion of the problems in 

 evolution raised by these lectures. At this 

 discussion eleven savants in all spoke, ten of 

 whom were opposed to Father Wasmann's 

 views, the eleventh being non-committal. Final 

 ly, Father Wasmann closed the discussion, 

 speaking by way of rejoinder to the replies of 

 his opponents ; and his remarks which lasted 

 half an hour closed the debate, the learned 

 and distinguished assemblage breaking up a 

 little after midnight. Surely Berlin has taken 

 the problem of evolution seriously. 



In one of his remarkable novels, Sienkiewicz, 

 the famous Polish writer, in unrivalled word- 



