The Athenaeum, to my unbounded surprise, called him
to task for this (March 1, 1884), and since that time he has given
the Heringian theory a sufficiently wide berth. Mr. Wallace showed
himself favourably enough disposed towards the view that heredity
and memory are part of the same story when he reviewed my book Life
and Habit in Nature, March 27, 1879, but he has never since betrayed
any sign of being aware that such a theory existed. Mr. Herbert
Spencer wrote to the Athenaeum (April 5, 1884), and claimed the
theory for himself, but, in spite of his doing this, he has never,
that I have seen, referred to the matter again. I have dealt
sufficiently with his claim in my book Luck or Cunning. Lastly,
Professor Hering himself has never that I know of touched his own
theory since the single short address read in 1870, and translated
by me in 1881. Everyone, even its originator, except myself, seems
afraid to open his mouth about it. Of course the inference suggests
itself that other people have more sense than I have.
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