One thousand years make apparently no difference in the evolution of animals, nor does one second change the aspect of the hands on the face of a clock, nor did Julius Cæsar's commission of scientific men appreciate the error of about eleven minutes in the length of the year beyond its real value; but now the Russians are, owing to this neglect, nearly two weeks behind the civilized nations.
MONISM; OR, The Confession of Faith of a Man of Science.
Translated from the German by J. D. F. GILCHRIST.
'We may readily admit that Professor Haeckel has stated his case with the clearness and courage which we should expect of him, and that his lecture may be regarded as a fair and authoritative statement of the views now held by a large number of scientifically educated people.'--_Times._
'The Monism, which is the substance of his faith, is thus defined by him: "Our conviction that there lives one spirit in all things, and that the whole cognizable world is constituted, and has been developed, in accordance with one common fundamental law." As the confession of a distinguished man of science, this little work deserves to be read.'--_North British Daily Mail._
'This "Confession of Faith" was delivered by the great German scientist, its author, as an extemporaneous address at Altenburg rather more than two years ago. There are, no doubt, a large number of English readers who will welcome a translation, for this "connecting of religion and science" has long troubled many earnest students of modern science.'--_Publisher's Circular._
'This is a little book of great daring, an example of the wild speculative flights of one of the very ablest and greatest of our contemporary men of science.'--_Aberdeen Free Press._
'The address, whatever we may think of its conclusions, is, however, most interesting reading, and is admirably done into English by the translator.'--_Literary World._
LONDON: ADAM & CHARLES BLACK, SOHO SQUARE.
_With a Treatise on the Origin of the Readership and other Lower Orders._
_With an Introductory Essay on the Organization of the Early Church and the Evolution of the Reader._
By the Rev. JOHN OWEN, Author of 'Evenings with the Skeptics.'
'Dr. Adolf Harnack is at the present time undoubtedly the leading liberal authority in Germany on matters connected with early Christian history.'--_The Times._
