These universities know what German culture means to the world, so we
trust they will stand by Germany.
RUDOLF EUCKEN.
ERNST HAECKEL.
Jena, Aug. 31, 1914.
The Eucken and Haeckel Charges
By John Warbeke.
Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at Mount Holyoke
College.
_A Letter to the Springfield Republican._
_To the Editor of The Springfield Republican:_
The approval of President Wilson for neutrality of language can hardly
be construed into complacency in the face of monstrous evil. If a
judicial attitude of mind be not jeopardized a discussion of the issues
raised by Profs. Eucken and Haeckel ought to help us in the attainment
of impartial judgment. A long acquaintance with both these men makes it
hard for the present writer to give expression to such negative
criticism as he is constrained to do. But his plea can be only this: Not
truth but only passion can separate, and truth is greater even than
friendship.
The charge of "brutal national egoism" is laid at England's door. She is
declared to be the instigator of the present world war. "Upon her alone
falls the monstrous guilt and the judgment of history.
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