CHAPTER II 



"THE LAW OF SUBSTANCE" 



I shall now endeavour to exhibit the way 

 in which Professor Haeckel proceeds to 

 expound his views, and for that purpose 

 shall extract certain sentences from his 

 work, The Riddle of the Universe ; giving 

 references to the sixpenny translation, now so 

 widely circulated in England, in order that 

 they may be referred to in their context 

 with ease. To scientific men the exaggera- 

 tion of statement will in many cases be 

 immediately obvious ; but in the present state 

 of general education it will often be necessary 

 to append a few comments, indicating, as 

 briefly as possible, wherein the statement is in 

 excess of ascertained fact, however interesting 

 as a guess or speculation ; wherefore it 



