232 EVOLUTION AND DOGMA. 



Haeckel as a Scientist. 



As a scientist, especially as a biologist, he deserv- 

 edly occupies a high place. Of unquestioned ability, 

 of untiring industry, and of remarkable talent for 

 original research, he is distinguished also for a cer- 

 tain intrepidity and assertiveness in promulgating 

 his views, which have given him, not only a reputa- 

 tion, but a notoriety which is world-wide. His best 

 work, probably, has been done in connection with his 

 investigations of some of the lower forms of life, 

 especially the protista, the radiolaria, and the calca- 

 reous sponges. His researches in this direction would 

 alone have been sufficient to make him famous in 

 the world of science. But concerning these researches 

 the general public knows little or nothing. The 

 works of Haeckel which have made his name familiar 

 the world over, are his popular expositions of evolu- 

 tionary doctrines, viz., his " Natiirliche Schopfungs- 

 geschichte," or " Natural History of Creation," and 

 "Anthropogenie,"or " Evolution of Man." In these 

 works, his chief endeavor is to present the theory of 

 Evolution in a popular form, and to give the evi- 

 dences on which it is founded. 



Haeckel's Nature-Philosophy. 



But he does more than this. Not satisfied with 

 being an expounder of the truths of science, he 

 promulgates views on philosophy and religion which 

 are as radical as they are irrational. He appears not 

 only as a professor of biology, but poses as the 

 founder of a new school of philosophy, and as the 

 high-priest of a new system of religion. He commits 



