EVOLUTION AND RELIGION
Sir, —I deeply regret, for “Student's” sake and oui- good name, having evoked his unworthy outburst about the first of our Allies. Haeckel’s work is not among the good things we have of Germany. He was bom in Potsdam, and this remained his intellectual home. Phrases like “it must have been,” “we are compelled to assume” recur constantly. This is not science, but pedagogic Prussianism. Then, his “cytode,” as credible as Dr. Mainwaring’s bits of jelly; his use of imagination as in the Pedigree of Man; his materialism, to which I object, invoking Aristotle; his inability to explain even animal instincts 'and preadaptations. Religion is certainly a nuisance, discouraging as it does lying, stealing, adultery, and what not; also in a certain dislike of treaty-breaking and an insistence on justice in laws. Evolutionary philosophy and mcrals certainly overcome these annoyances—for the more highly evolved men and States, the new Herrenvolk. whose Will and Power make justification.—l am. etc., W. M. SUTHERLAND.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVII, Issue 23181, 20 April 1945, Page 2
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