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of the “superman” directly on Darwin’s theories,
yet they are, as Brandes has lately shown,
the great consequences of Darwinism, that
Darwin himself did not see. In no contemporary
was there a stronger conviction
than in Nietzsche that man as he now is, is
only a bridge, only a transition between the
animal and the “superman.” In connection
with this, Nietzsche looked upon the obligations
of man for the amelioration of the race
as seriously as Galton, but he expressed his
principles with the power of poetic and
prophetic expression, not with scientific proof.
Literature on this subject is increasing
every day; different opinions press one
another hard. As long as this is the case, there
is every reason to observe the warning of
the German sociologist Kurella, who says that
we must reckon with social as well as with
anthropological factors if we wish to prevent
the degeneration of the human species. A
vital point in his position is, that it is a matter
of indifference whether the Darwinian theory
of the transmission of acquired characteristics,
or its contrary is victorious. The former is
the theory of an unchangeable germ plasm
transmitted by the parents to the children; so
that better types can only originate through
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