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After this no one can be surprised to hear 

 him say, that " the pulpits of the orthodox, the 

 confessionals of the priests, the platforms of the 

 interior missions, the presidential chairs of the 

 consistories, resound with protestations against 

 the assaults made by Materialism and Darwin- 

 ism against the very foundations of society." 

 (p. 286) This he calls "Das Wehgeschrei der 

 Moralisten " (the Wail of the Moralists). The 

 designation Moralists is a felicitous one, as ap- 

 plied to the opponents of Vogt and his associ- 

 ates. It distinguishes them as men who have 

 not lost their moral sense ; who refuse to limit 

 their faith to what can be proved by the five 

 senses ; who bow to the authority of the law 

 written by tbe finger of God, on the hearts of 

 men, which neither sophistry nor wickedness 

 can effectually erase. All Vogt thinks it nec- 

 essary to reply to these Moralists is, " Lasst sie 

 bellen, bis sie ausgebellt haben " (Let them 

 bark till they are tired). " Ende." 



Haeckel. 

 Dr. Ernst Haeckel, Professor in the Univer- 

 sity of Jena, is said to stand at the head of 



fung und in der Oeschichle der Erde. Von Carl Vogt. Giessen, 

 1863, vol. ii. p. 260. 



