[28] Man’s Place in Nature, p. 126.

[29] Ibid, p. 127.

[30] The Nature of Man, p. 42.

[31] Man’s Place in Nature, p. 111.

[32] Ibid, p. 139.

[33] Ibid, p. 102, note.

[34] Pp. 49–54. At the late International Congress on Tuberculosis, Professor Behring paid the highest tribute to Metchnikoff’s labours on phagocytosis. Strange indeed are the instruments chosen by God for conferring His benefits on mankind; for the author of The Nature of Man denies His existence!

[35] Described in the Lancet, January 18th, 1902.

[36] The Nature of Man, pp. 45–48.

[37] The Descent of Man, vol. i., p. 14. According to the latest authorities, however, the human ovum (when mature) differs in many respects from other (especially non-mammal) ova.