LTNNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



DARWIN-WALLACE CELEBRATION, 



1st JULY, 1908. 



A SPECIAL MEETING of the Society was held in the Theatre 

 of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, 

 at 2.30 P.M. on Wednesday, July 1st, 1908, to celebrate the 

 Fiftieth Anniversary of the joint communication made by 

 CHARLES DARWIN and ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE to the 

 Society, " On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; 

 and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural 

 Means of Selection." 



The President of the Society, Dr. DUKINFIELD H. SCOTT, 

 presided, and representatives of many scientific Societies 

 and Universities were present. The Danish and Swedish 

 Ministers were also present, and a representative of the 

 German Embassy. The following members of the Darwin 

 family also attended : Mr. William Darwin, Sir George 

 and Lady Darwin, Dr. Francis Darwin, Major Leonard 

 Darwin, and Mr. Horace Darwin ; Mrs. Vaughan Williams, 

 a niece of Charles Darwin, was also present. 



The PRESIDENT, in welcoming the delegates and guests, 

 said ; 



We are met together to-day to celebrate what is without 

 doubt the greatest event in the history of our Society 

 since its foundation. Nor is it easy to conceive the 



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