The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century

by Ernst Haeckel

Transcriber's Note:

Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including inconsistencies in hyphenation. It seems that the italic typeface used in this book did not have an ae ligature. Names of genera and higher taxonomic groups are not capitalized in the printed book: they have bee left unchanged. Some changes have been made. They are listed at the end of the text.

THE RIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE

ERNST HAECKEL

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THE RIDDLE
OF THE UNIVERSE
AT THE CLOSE OF
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

BY

ERNST HAECKEL
(Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., Sc.D., and Professor at the University of Jena)

AUTHOR OF “THE HISTORY OF CREATION”
“THE EVOLUTION OF MAN” ETC.