strate beyond the shadow of doubt, the absolute truth of my de¬ 
ductions. 
“The majority of scholars proceed from false premises to a 
false hypothesis, resulting in a false criterion by which they 
judge all things sublunary, in a manner extremely hypercritical. 
“The issues of their scholastic differences are, for the most 
part, so paltry that they whose aim is real reform are com¬ 
pelled to work independently if they hope to achieve anything 
of genuine benefit to the human race. 
“This explains the feeling of enmity evinced by the scholastic 
class towards every effort of true genius. 
“You will readily understand, therefore, how futile must 
seem all effort, how discouraging the task of those who en¬ 
deavour to lead biology out of the hopeless labyrinth into which 
fallacious theories have misguided it;—hopeless, at least, so long 
as the schools are content to tolerate the attitude of the lecturers 
of the old dogmatic school and to constitute them the inspired 
guardians of scientific truth, vested with plenary powers to pro¬ 
nounce judgment upon all wanderers from the conventional rut. 
“Scholars as frank as Prof. Suess, the geologist of Vienna, 
are few and far between. He had the courage to conclude the 
lectures with this startling declaration: Geology, as it has been 
taught, is false; but you, my auditors, will live to see the 
time when the events that have taken place on earth will receive 
their proper interpretation. 
“Nine years (since 1909) have elapsed since I made my dis¬ 
coveries of 'The Law of the Determination of Sex at Will/— 
‘The Law of Latent Reserve Energy/ and ‘The Law of the 
Transmission of Characteristics to the Opposite Sex/—These 
were printed and copyrighted, and five hundred copies were sent 
to the members of the American Association for the Advance¬ 
ment of Science, and also to the executive offices of all State 
medical societies. 
“Did you notice any reference to these in any scientific publi¬ 
cation ?— 
“I did not. And the reason is apparent. 
“By various considerations their hands are tied. 
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