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monkeys to those which bound him to the Ascidians, and so on to the 
“ primordial slime.” As to reducing man’s free will to that of a monad, 
his soul to the functional activity of the brain, his creator to the energy 
pervading matter, —in this Haeckel was caught napping; it is an old 
story. We are from first to last struck by the guileless faith of the 
man, a quality sometimes combined with an intensity of purpose and, we 
may add, an intolerance of opposing views which characterize the seer. 
We have here none of the halting in judgment and caution of Darwin, 
but rather the special pleading of the advocate of a unique theory which 
gives no quarter to any other. 
The merit of the History of Creation is that it gives a rapid, clear-cut, 
dogmatic sketch of the subject. And though Haeckel’s mode of settling 
the universe may be quite different from ours, his sketch of the origin of 
the animal world may be a rough approximation to what will probably 
be found on future research a reasonably truthful history. As an expo- 
sition of Darwinism as such, with its possible, not probable, consequences, 
it is the best in the language, now that we have such an excellent trans- 
lation of the Geschépfungsgeschichte which was published in 1868. 
The work is certainly original and striking in its many suggestions, and 
it has this unusual merit, that as an exposition of Darwinism by an ultri 
Darwinian it gives Lamarck full credit as the founder of the modern 
doctrine of transmutation or evolution. The work has so long been in 
the hands of the public that it would be superfluous for us to enter into 
a more detailed criticism or examination of its contents, but in closing 
we would say that any naturalist who has not read it has a treat before 
him, whether he accepts all the author’s conclusions or not. 
Tue WARFARE or Science.1— Though the battle of evolution has 
been fought, and the victory of the evolutionists complete, divines and 
metaphysicians falling into the lines of the victors, there are some wno 
do not seem to be aware that they have been vanquished. ‘Their eyes may 
be opened by President White’s candid and impartial review of the 
struggles of scientific men with the bigoted of past ages as well as of the 
present period. He concludes: “First. In every case, whether the war 
has been long or short, forcible or feeble, science has at last gained the 
victory. Secondly. In every case interference with science, in the sup- 
posed interest of religion, has brought dire evils on both. Thirdly. In 
every case while this interference, during its continuance, has tended to 
divorce religion trom the most vigorous thinking in the world and to 
make it odious to multitudes of the most earnest thinkers, the triumph 
of science has led its former conscientious enemies to make new inter- 
pretations and lasting adjustments, which have proved a blessing to relig- 
ion, ennobling its conceptions and bettering its methods.” 
Jounson’s CrcLoræpia.? — We have already called attention to- 
1 The Warfare of Science. By Axprew D. Wate, LL. D. New York: D. Ap- 
pleton & Co. 12mo, pp. 151. $1.00. 
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