MONISM A ND EVOLU TION. 235 



Where teleological Dualism seeks the thoughts of a 

 capricious Creator in the miracles of creation, causal 

 Monism finds in the process of development the 

 necessary effects of eternal, immutable laws of 

 nature." 1 



Five Propositions of Haeckel. 



These quotations would seem to be sufficiently 

 explicit, but Haeckel, not satisfied with such gen- 

 eral statements, has been pleased to lay down five 

 theses, respecting the theory of Evolution, which ad- 

 mit neither doubt nor ambiguity. They are worded 

 as follows : 



1. " The general doctrine [of Evolution] appears 

 to be already unassailably founded. 



2. " Thereby every supernatural creation is com- 

 pletely excluded. 



3. " Transformism and the theory of descent are 

 inseparable constituent parts of the doctrine of Evo- 

 lution. 



4. "The necessary consequence of this last con- 

 clusion is the descent of man from a series of verte- 

 brates. 



5. " The belief in an ' immortal soul,' and. in ' a 

 personal God ' are therewith i. e., with the four pre- 

 ceding statements completely ununitable \vollig 

 unvereinbar\" a 



Such, then, in brief compass, is Monism as ex- 

 pounded by its latest and most applauded doctor 

 and prophet. Such is Haeckelism, about which so 



1 " History of Creation," vol. I, p. 34. 



2 "Evolution in Science, Philosophy and Art," p. 454 



