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but, in spite of his doing this, he has never, 

 that I have seen, referred to the matter again. 

 I have dealt sufficiently with his claim in my 

 book, " Luck or Cunning." l Lastly, Professor 

 Hering himself has never that I know of 

 touched his own theory since the single short 

 address read in 1870, and translated by me in 

 1881. Every one, even its originator, except 

 myself, seems afraid to open his mouth about 

 it. Of course the inference suggests itself 

 that other people have more sense than I 

 have. I readily admit it ; but why have so 

 many of our leaders shown such a strong 

 hankering after the theory, if there is nothing 

 in it? 



The deadlock that I have pointed out as 

 existing in Darwinism will, I doubt not, lead 

 ere long to a consideration of Professor 

 Hering's theory. English biologists are little 

 likely to find Weismann satisfactory for long, 

 and if he breaks down there is nothing left for 

 them but Lamarck, supplemented by the im- 

 portant and elucidatory corollary on his theory 

 proposed by Professor Hering. When the 

 time arrives for this to obtain a hearing it will 



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