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But, nevertheless, ladies and gentlemen, I retain 

 my own reasonable freedom of thought. If I 

 submit anything to another person, and ask him 

 to examine it and judge of its accuracy, it may well 

 be that two heads are better than one. I have often 

 found that the opinion of my works, which others 

 have expressed before their publication, has pre- 

 vented me from committing myself to what is 

 false or of minor importance and this is surely 

 a great advantage to me, but that is only an inci- 

 dental remark. 



I retain my freedom of thought, provided that I 

 submit my knowledge in one department to my own 

 knowledge in another and higher department. 1 



When, therefore, Professor Plate declared at the 

 end of his speech that / could not be a genuine 

 scientist or a genuine scholar, he was expressing his 

 own private opinion, which I at least do not share. 



(Laughter.) 







My audience will pardon me for dealing more 

 shortly with my next opponent. Dr. Bolsche 

 expressed his own views on the subject of mon- 

 ism, and he was quite free to do so ; but if he by 



any control over the publications of its members that the cry of ' Intoler- 

 able subjugation of the intellect' is suddenly raised. 



1 If any one is convinced that one truth cannot contradict another truth, 

 he will regard it as a matter of course for a scientist, who is at the same 

 time a theologian, to try to reconcile his scientific with his theological know- 

 ledge. A scientist who has no religious belief is certainly not justified in 

 asserting that he alone aims at truth, simply because he is an unbeliever. 

 I was glad to perceive from Professor Dahl's closing remarks (p. 134) that 

 not all modern scientists are so narrow-minded, 



