In the same year as President of the British Association he chose for the subject of his inaugural address, "Biogenesis and abiogenesis," and, after a careful examination of the case for each, pronounced the former "to be victorious all along the line."
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
He was obliged to abandon the experimental evidence, but to the close of his life held the views of abiogenesis presented in the accompanying translation.
"A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution"
Carl Von Nägeli
Here, in short, is the categorical denial of abiogenesis and the establishment in this high field of the classical formula Omne vivum ex vivo-no Life without antecedent Life.
"Natural Law in the Spiritual World"
Henry Drummond