“The discovery of this grave error ranks in importance with 
Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood and Galileo’s 
and Kepler’s discoveries of the movements of the earth. We 
know what happened to these latter great geniuses for their in- 
fringment upon the sacred conventional falsities of their day. 
Today we are in a similiar position, except that geniuses are no 
longer crucified or burned at the stake. Instead, in this more 
cultured age, every endeavor is made to stifle and disarm them, 
chiefly, by ignoring them completely or misrepresenting them in 
the public prints. 
“Were it not for the overwhelming proofs furnished by the 
publication of the ‘Mendelian Laws’ it would be a long time be¬ 
fore the truth on the subject of biometry would have become 
known. Even these ‘Mendelian Laws’ were suppressed since the 
year 1863, and it was then only by accident that they were 
found among Prof. Naegeli’s papers and published in 1900 by 
the Professors Correns, Tschermak and others. 
“Ranging from one extreme to another, the world of scholars 
eagerly seized upon this proof of the laws of Hereditary Trans¬ 
mission and plausibly claims to have also discovered the solu¬ 
tion of the problem of the ‘Determination of Sex at Will.’—Still 
not a word of acknowledgment is vouchsafed to me regarding my 
discovery of the true laws, the result of half a lifetime’s research, 
of which they were fully advised, but of which, so far, no overt 
notice has been directly taken, and if any at all, it lies in the 
significant fact that, gradually and point by point, the facts of 
my discovery are, apparently, being brought out in a manner to 
secure the kudos to the schools instead of to the one to whom it 
is due,—who is not a member of the caste. 
“I have given no promise to withhold my knowledge, nor have 
I desired to do so (as the official announcement of my discov¬ 
eries proves) and they delay in making the result of my investiga¬ 
tions at an earlier stage, was necessary to secure ample verifica¬ 
tion and positive certainty; moreover, monetary considerations 
constituted a grave impediment. But if, in the course of this 
interview, my viewpoint over the scientific outlook has seemed 
to savour of acerbity, let me assure you that it is due to no per- 
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