Darwin now shares with Nietzsche the doubtful honor of inspiring Prussfanism in its assault on the liberties of the world--Darwin with his hypothesis of the survival (as Germany puts it) of the strongest, and the supposed suggestion in his doctrine that the breeding of fierce soldiers is the key to national preeminence in the world's affairs. But just as both parties in the world war can, if they like, claim that Nietzsche is on their side--hater of Prussians and of all Prussianism as he certainly was, yet author of the "superman" theory--so the Darwinians may point out that, according to Darwin, it is the fittest, and not necessarily the strongest physically or materially, that survives, and fitness may reside as much in patience, in industry and in moral purpose as in physical strength and in military efficiency. Darwin was certainly not a preacher of militarism, either directly or inferentially. We cannot put the blame for this war either upon Darwin or Nietzsche. When a man is intent upon evil purposes he can quote Scripture to his purpose. The men of cold science may indeed have "inspired" the German aggressors, but it must be noted that the Prussian mind was capable of perverting every utterance and every principle to its purpose. Boston Transcript.