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perhaps, that Haeckel has not since equalled. The 

 most influential and official scientists of the time 

 had to respect this work : possibly with the sole 

 exception of the aged Ehrenberg, to whom it dealt 

 a deadly blow in this department, without, of 

 course, undervaluing his great antecedent services. 

 He never even studied it sufficiently to be able to 

 quote the title of it correctly. 



Nevertheless, a flame broke out at one spot in 

 this monograph. In a very short time Haeckel's 

 whole figure would stand out in the red reflection 

 of its glow — a figure really great, solitary, suddenly 

 deserted by all the bewigged and powdered 

 professors — Haeckel himself, as the world has 

 come to know him. 



