160 THE PROBLEM OF EVOLUTION 



The remarks of the eighth speaker were really 

 to the point, and therefore they will be reported 

 fully with critical remarks, especially as, in my 

 closing speech, I had no time to deal adequately 

 with the eight headings of his argument. 



VIII. DR. JULJUSBURGER'S SPEECH. 1 



' LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 



'Father Wasmann states it as his opinion, that 

 zoology alone is not competent to decide the question 

 of the origin of man ; on the contrary, he main- 

 tains that psychology has the best right to express 

 its views on the subject, and, as constituting an 

 absolute barrier between man and beast, he repre- 

 sents that man alone possesses a simple soul, which 

 is the higher part of his intellect. 



' On this topic I wish to make the following remarks : 

 1. It is a mistake to identify the soul exclusively with 

 the intellect, the truth being that the foundation of 

 the psychical processes is to be sought rather in the 

 will or in the feelings. If this truth be recognised, 

 there follows, by direct intuition, that all living 

 beings are essentially alike, that there is an essential 

 identity between plants, beasts, and man, apart 

 from secondary distinctions.' 



1 I reproduce this speech verbatim, according to the shorthand writer's 

 report, as Dr. Juliusburger gave me express permission to do so. 



