FATHER WASMANN ON EVOLUTION. 



IT is not a little curious to find that when the 

 English-speaking world had about settled 

 down to the very sane conclusion that the the 

 ory of evolution was nothing more than a weari 

 ness to the spirit and a burden to the flesh, and 

 that Darwinism had become an intolerable bore, 

 over in the proud city of Berlin the fires of 

 controversy are still raging as fiercely as ever 

 and the quarrels of the schools are at white 

 heat in the very capital of that land that aspires 

 to be known as the "Nation of Thinkers." 



Father Wasmann and Ernest Haeckel. 



The reason, of course, is not far to seek, and 

 may be summed up in two words Ernest 

 Haeckel. Haeckel has long been known as 

 one of the fiercest exponents of Darwinism. 

 He is the German champion ,ef-materialistic 

 evolution. Facts may fail him, but his imagin- 



