Now that they talk about the survival of the fittest they think they do understand it, whereas they have not merely no notion, they have an elaborately false notion of what the words mean.

The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science." "That is all very well," said the big young man, whose name appeared to be Burrows.

"Of course, in a sense, science, like mathematics or the violin, can only be perfectly understood by specialists.

Still, the rudiments may be of public use.

Greenwood here," indicating the little man in the blazer, "doesn't know one note of music from another.