materialism. Sergievsky's Jesuitical activity made the best 

 use of the dissatisfaction of the protesting group of 

 students, who played a role obviously of considerable 

 importance in the organization of the obstruction, which 

 took place with the obvious support of the administration 

 of the university, usually so vigilant when the matter is 

 concerned with student disturbances (132) . 



The fault, or rather misfortune, of Warnek was his 

 sharp and derisive character, his inability to adapt 

 himself to his surroundings. Warnek did not want to 

 reconcile himself with the manifestations of ignorance, 

 even if its carriers were respectable scientists. This 

 can be witnessed by Warnek 's review of a scholarly book 

 by A. Bogdanov. 27 This review shows great and extensive 

 knowledge and unquestionable educational talent of the 

 reviewer and his understanding of the problem of the teaching 

 of natural sciences. In addition, the review is written in 

 an overly particular and caustic tone; Warnek did not let 

 pass any mistake, any slip of the tongue, or any lame expres- 

 sion from the author of the book. It is easy to imagine what 

 reaction Warnek' s article could produce in Bogdanov. If 

 Warnek behaved similarly in the professional milieu of 

 Moscow University, and used to deride the lectures of his 

 colleagues, then he undoubtedly provoked against himself 

 not only a certain group of students, but also some professors. 



Valuable evidence of Warnek 's high character as a lecturer 

 and scientific worker is contained in the words of I. M. 

 Sechenov : 28 



Junior Scientific Assistant Warnek taught us zoology. 

 He read simply and clearly, dwelling mainly on general 

 signs applied in zoology departments, and the descrip- 

 tion of protozoa was prefaced by a long treatise on 

 the cell in general. This last study was built, however, 

 on unprepared ground. Moscow still did not think much 

 at that time of the microscope; among Warnek' s students 

 it was not used successfully, and in mockery they 

 nicknamed him "Cellular." 



27. Warnek, "Zoologiya i zoologicheskaya khrestomatiya v obieme 

 srednykh uchebnykh zavedenii , " Author Anatolii Bogdanov, 

 OTD. PERVY ZH. MNP, ch. 118 (1863), pp. 47 - 73. 



28. I. M. Sechenov, AVTOBIOGRAFICHESKIE ZAPISKI (Izd. AN 

 SSSR, 1945) , 176 pp. 



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