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whether or not Darwin's views could be accepted, Darwinism 

 had already been established as the starting point of many 

 branches of science. I found, moreover, that not only did 

 the Darwinian doctrine pervade the scientific world, but 

 that it had also entered into the political world. A few years 

 after the disaster at Koniggratz, I was told at Vienna, that 

 when the Austrian Parliament, at that great crisis in the fate 

 of the empire, met to consider what steps should be taken 

 for the re-consolidation of the Monarchy, a very distinguished 

 member of the Upper House began a famous speech by the 

 remark, " The first thing we have to consider is : Is Charles 

 Darwin right or is he not ? " and upon the Tightness of 

 Darwin's theory it was gravely proposed to reconstruct the 

 Austrian Monarchy. Times have changed since then. We 

 in this country are now quite abreast of other countries in 

 our recognition of the enormous extent to which Darwinism 

 and the theory of evolution have pervaded all branches of 

 human thought. And yet, great as that permeation has 

 been, we are evidently only at the beginning of the appli- 

 cations of the theory. 



I must bring my brief remarks to a close by again 

 .assuring, you, Sir, as President, and the Fellows of the 

 Linnean Society, that you have the heartfelt sympathy of all 

 the learned Societies and Institutions of this country, who 

 desire to rejoice with you in the happy thought that prompted 

 you to celebrate this great jubilee. 



The following representatives were then received in 

 succession by the President : 



THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES (The Lord Avebury, P.O., 



F.R.S., F.L.S.), 

 with the appended address : 



29th June, 1908. 



THE President and Council of the SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES 

 of London desire to convey to the President and Council 

 of the Linnean Society their fraternal greetings on the 



