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until within q quarter of an hour OF hi,
death.
Charles Robert Darwin inherited his
scientific tastes, being the son of q ply
stefan and the grandson Of Dr.. Erasmus
Darwin, aafhor OF '.The Botanic Gar
den" and .'Zo-onomia,- the latter being
= curious treatise on physiology. The
former is q poem personlfying the loves
OF the plants.in which idea q may see
q suggestion OF the g%randson's theory oil
natural selection. Charles Robert was
born in Shrewsbury, February IL, 1909.
He studied at the local grammar school,
whence he went to the University oil
Edinburgh. and then to Christ college,
Cambridge. where he graduated in 1881.
In the same year he volunteered to &C.
company Capt. Fitzroy, in the Beagle,
IN her exploring trip around the world,
rs naturalist. This voyage lasted near
N five years, and during it the greater
part Of the South American coast, the
Prolific Islands, Australia, New Zealand
and the Maurltius were examined. The
narrative Of the voyage appeared in 1889
in three volumes, most Of which was the
work OF Mr.. Darwin. This volume was
Issued separately in. 1915. Three years
before this he publi> he'd "The Structure
and Distribution of Coral Reeis;" in
1874 Geological Observations on Vol
canic Islands" appeared, and 1876 Mr..
Darwin published Geological Obser.
vaffons on South America" He also
edited .sThe Zoology of tie Voyage of
the Beagle" which was published IN
1843, beside writing a number of pa
pers o various scientific subjects. In
1851 and 1858 appeared his two vol.
umes entitled Monograph Of tho Fam
1y Cfrripedia," followed in a short time
by two other volumes or the fossils of
the same class. In 1898 he received the
royal medal from the royal society, and
in 1859 the Woolaston medal from the
Geological society. The latter year
was marked by the publication OF the
first OF that series of works by Mr.. OAR
win which have almost revolutionized
natural science-namely. "Origfn of
Species by Means OF Natural Selection"
Repeated editions Of this work have
appeared IN English, it has been trans.
lated Into almost all the languages of
Europe, and has been the subject of
more discussion. oral and written, than
any other book of the age. A Berlin
publisher hasissued q catalogue OF works
on Darwin's theory of natural selection
IN which the works OF 312 authors fill
fhirty-six octave pages. In brief, the
theory was an attempt to account tor
the diversities of life on our globe BY
means of continuous development with
out the Intervention of special creative
fats at the beginning of species. The
late Proi. Agassiz could never be per-
suaded to accept the views of Darwin,
and some other eminent scientific gen.
tlemen are still opponents of it. Theo.
legians. generally reject it as contrary
to the principles of their science. but the
scientific world has pretty generally &C.
Cepted Darwla's theories OF natural Sc
lection and the survival Of the fittest,
and t~heologians are gradually accepting
1t so far as bOiies are concerned, though
they OF ours will not admit that there
is no difference between human beings
and brutes beyond,the higher develop.
ment of the former.
"The Fertilization OF Orchids'' ap-
peared in 1862, the a'Variation of Ami
mails and Plants Under Domesticatiou"
in 1868, aud .'The Descent of Man and
Selection OF Relation Ia Sex' in 187I,
In this work the auther concludes that
''man is descended from a hairy QUAD
fuped, furnished with q tail and painted
ears. probably arboreal in Its habits.''
Hence. in colloquial language, Darwin
Ism is the theory that man is descended
from a monkey, though Mr.. Darwin
would regard the monkey rather as the
cousint than the ancestor of man, The
CoPeley medal from the Royal society
bestowed On Mr.. Darwin in 1864.
and he was at different times elected to
membership in many foreign scientific
associations.
Among various papers by ..Mr. OAR
win are Son the Connection of Certain
Volcanic henomena la South America"
zen the Distribution OF Erratic Bowl
ders in South America" ''On the
OF Mold by the Ea:thworm."
"On the Geology of the Falkland Is
''On the DimOrphous and Tri.
States of Primula," and ION
the Movements and Habits of Climbing
Plants," which has been published as a
separate volume. His last two works
are "On the Expression of Emotion in
Men and Animals. which was published
in 1872, and an elaboration of his paper
on vegetable mold and earth orms.
which appeared only a few months ago.
In 1889 Mr.. Darwin married the
grand daughter OF Josiah Wedswood,
for his improvements in pottery.
He was u fellow OF the Royal society,
knight of the Prussian order Pour la
Mertte, and corresponding member OF
the Academy OF Vienna, and IN 1875 the
University of Leyden conferred on him
the honorary degree OF doctor of medi-
cine.