170 THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL. 



most thoughtful savans of the 19th century, 

 who still accepted Scripture as the only 

 infallible guide, entertained for what I 

 hope I shall not be deemed wanting in 

 courtesy to the illustrious founder of 

 the theory, if I am constrained to term it 

 THE DARWINIAN CRAZE. 



But inasmuch as there were a few very 

 learned men of that age who believed, or 

 supposed that they believed in Darwinism, 

 it will be but fair if I quote some of them, 

 in order to show you what was said at the 

 time on the other side of the question. 



MR. DARWIN'S DISCIPLES. 



Here Professor Huxley has the first 

 claim on your attention, not only on ac- 

 count of his talents, which are undoubtedly 

 of the highest order, but also for the 

 boundless admiration which he entertained 

 when living for the master and founder of 

 the school, whom he compares to Aristotle 

 among the ancients, and to . Sir Isaac 

 Newton amongst the moderns. 



Lamenting the strength of the language 



