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of the Spencer-Weismann controversy, which we 

 have outlined very superficially. Neither Weismann 

 nor Spencer scored a decisive victory; worse yet, 

 Weismann hy resorting too often to forms of speech 

 such as "Why could we not suppose?" imparted to this 

 debate the character of a meaningless word tourna- 

 ment. 



