criticism of Haeckel in his book, Die Wahrheit ueber Haeckel. 

 2 Aufl Halle a. S., 1902.) 



In a word, the manner in which the "Weltraetsel" was 

 leceived and in which Haeckel has been defended by 

 Schmidt, are valuable indications of the decay of Darwin- 

 ism. I repeat that I am speaking of course of the leading 

 scientific circles. Those who hold back are never lacking, 

 and one cannot be surprised that, in the case of Darwin- 

 ism, their number is considerable: for on the one hand, to 

 understand it an extraordinarily slight demand is made on 

 one's mental capacity; and on the other hand it is a very 

 convenient and even a seemingly scientific means of obvi- 

 ating the necessity of belief in God. These facts appeal 

 very strongly to the multitude. 



In concluding this section, we shall quote a positive 

 testimony to the decay of Darwinism. On page 3 of his 

 "Outlines of the History of the Development of Man and 

 of the Mammals" (Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1897) ^^oi- O- 

 Schultze, Anatomist in Wuerzburg, says: "The idea en- 

 tertained by Darwin, that the development of species may 

 be explained by a natural choice — Selection — which oper- 

 ates through the struggle of individuals for existence, can- 

 not permanently satisfy the spirit of inquiry. Even the 

 factors of variability, heredity, and adaptation, which are 

 essential to the transformation of species, do not offer an 

 exact explanation." 



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