88 WHAT IS DARWINISM? 



the living naturalists of Germany. His work 

 on " Natural History of Creation " contains a 

 course of lectures delivered to the professors, 

 students, and citizens of Jena. It is, therefore, 

 somewhat popular in its character. The abil- 

 ity of the writer is manifest on every page. 

 The distinctness of his perceptions, precis- 

 ion of language, perspicuity of style, and the 

 strength of his convictions, give the impression 

 of a man fully master of his subject, who has 

 thought himself through, and is perfectly sat- 

 isfied with the conclusions at which he has 

 arrived. At the same time it is the impression 

 of a man who is developed only on one side ; 

 who never looks within ; who takes no cogni- 

 zance of the wonders revealed in conscious- 

 ness ; to whom the intuitions of reason and of 

 the conscience, the sense of dependence on a 

 will higher than our own — the sense of obli- 

 gation and responsibility are of no account, — 

 in short a man to whom the image of God en- 

 stamped on the soul of man is invisible. This 

 being the case, he that is least in the kingdom 

 of heaven is greater than he. 



Haeckel admits that the title of his book, 

 ^•Natural Creation," i. e. creation by natural 

 laws, is a contradiction. He distinguishes, 



