Man - His Origin, Nature and Destiny #250998

In Darwin's Origin Of Species, page 420, can be found the following extract, Viz There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms, or into one. While in Haeckel's history Of Creation, volume 1, page 75, can be found the following language, Viz The funda mental idea, which must necessarily be at the bottom of all natural theories Of development, is that of a gradual devel Opment of all organisms, out of a single or out of a very few quite Simple, quite imperfect original beings which came into existence, not by supernatural creation, but by sponta neons generation, or archigony, out of inorganic matter. Upon this issue between Darwin and Haeckel, it appears that nature and truth are on Darwin's side. That animal life could spring from inorganic matter by spontaneous genera tion is an idea which could only have a lodgmentin the mind Of a German naturalist.