evolutionary philosophy such as Professor Haeckel's, necessarily teaches that beginnings and endings succeed one another everlastingly, one world-system arising phoenix-like from the ashes of another.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
This outline of the evolutionary system in its widest and fullest sense will enable us to judge upon what grounds it can claim the sanction of Science.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
Accordingly, as Professor Huxley acknowledges, spontaneous generation is an evolutionary necessity.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard