CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE ....... v 



PART I 



LECTURES ON THE PROBLEM OF EVOLUTION 

 I. THE HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY OF EVOLUTION IN 



NATURAL SCIENCE . . . .1 



II. THEISTIC AND ATHEISTIC EVOLUTION EVOLUTION AND 



DARWINISM . . . . . .21 



III. THE DESCENT OF MAN ..... 49 



PART II 



EVENING DISCUSSION 



Introductory Remarks on the Origin of this Discussion . 85 



Opening Speech by Professor Waldeyer . . .90 



Speech of the First Opponent, Professor Plate . . 92 



Second ,, Dr. Bolsche . . .117 



Third Professor Dahl . .123 



Fourth Dr. Friedenthal . . 134 



,, Fifth Professor von Hansemann . 144 



Sixth Count von Hoensbroech . 158 



Seventh Mr. Itelson (the Author) . 159 



Eighth Dr. Juliusburger . .160 



Ninth Dr. Plotz . . .176 



Tenth Dr. Schmidt- Jena . .187 



Eleventh Dr. Thesing . . .201 



Speech of Father Wasmann (close of the Discussion) . 209 



SUPPLEMENT . . . . . .240 



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE upon pp. 171, 218, 231 . . 258 



INDEX 261 



