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to be only a man belonging to an earlier race than 

 the Homo sapiens of the present day. 



I was particularly glad that Dr. Schmidt-Jena 

 spoke so calmly and impartially. I had been 

 forced by circumstances to express myself rather 

 strongly in my lectures, not against Haeckel per- 

 sonally, but against the confused ideas which, 

 in my opinion, were due to Haeckel's influence : 

 and consequently I was afraid that Dr. Schmidt- 

 Jena might speak with some animus. Although 

 I had done my best to avoid using any offensive 

 expressions, it was quite possible that some few 

 of my remarks might have aroused feelings of 

 annoyance, and therefore I was extremely glad that 

 my opponent used such moderate and impartial 

 language. 



I will now turn to the objections raised by him. 



In the first place, he declared that I had misunder- 

 stood Haeckel on some points, that Haeckel had not 

 been confusing Darwinism with the doctrine of 

 evolution for the last forty years, and that he had, 

 moreover, brought forward his pedigrees only as 

 hypotheses. I think we must make a distinction 

 here; there are two personalities also in Haeckel. 

 (Laughter.) 



I ask your indulgence if I apply to Haeckel also 

 what has been said of myself, viz. that I possess a 

 twofold nature, and am at once a theologian and a 

 scientist. Yes, indeed, there are in Haeckel two 



