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INDEX 



11 ; contrast of their views 

 with those of Milton, 12, 13 



Criticisms of the Principles of 

 Geology, 68, 69, 70, 71 ; of the 

 Origin of Species, 132-139 



CUVIER, his strong support of 

 Catastrophism, 31, 46, 50, 102 



DARWIN, CHARLES, nobility of 

 character, 3 ; his use of term 

 'Creation,' 11; on grandeur 

 of idea of Evolution, 12 ; his 

 devotion to Lyell and the Prin- 

 ciples of Geology, 63, 73-75, 

 78 ; his horror of slavery, 76 ; 

 opposition to Catastrophism, 

 77 ; opinion of Lamarck's 

 works, 90, 91 : on the Vestiges 

 of Creation, 94 ; his dislike for 

 speculation, 101; his optimism 

 and courage, 77 ; his birth and 

 education, 95, 96 ; life at Edin- 

 burgh, 97; at Cambridge, 97, 

 98 ; voyage in the 'Beagle,' 

 99, 100 ; first awakening to the 

 idea of Evolution, 102, 104; 

 work with Lyell at Geological 

 Society, 105 ; begins ' species 

 work,' 106 ; influence of Mal- 

 thus's work on, 107 ; inter- 

 course with Wallace, 113 ; 

 action in respect to theory, 

 128, 129; his first literary 

 ambitions, 116 ; difficulties of 

 work caused by ill-health, 117, 

 118, 119 ; his loss of apprecia- 

 tion for music and literature, 

 and its cause, 134, 135 ; later 

 writings on Evolution, 141, 

 144 ; his declining years, 147, 

 158, 159 ; his death, 147 ; pre- 

 sent position of his theory of 



Natural Selection, 155, 156, 

 159 



DARWIN, ERASMUS, his indepen- 

 dent conception of Lamarck- 

 ism, 91, 92 ; absence of in- 

 fluence on his grandson, 95, 

 101 



DARWIN, ERASMUS (the younger), 

 advice given to Charles on pub- 

 lication, 122 



DARWIN, FRANCIS, edited Life and 

 Letters Ac., 121 ; extracts from 

 C.D.'s note -books <fec., and 

 Foundations of the Origin of 

 Species, 123; on his father's 

 health, 118 



DARWIN, Mrs, her care of her 

 husband's health, 118 ; read 

 proofs of Origin of Species, 132 



DAUBENY, C. G. B., assists Lyell 

 in his researches, 47 



DE LA BECHE, H., his attitude 

 with respect to evolution, 71 



DESHATES, G. B., assists Lyell in 

 conchological work, 66 



DESMAREST, N., work in Auvergne, 

 17 ; evolutionary views of, 17, 

 20 



Earthworms, Darwin's work on, 



147 

 Edinburgh, Darwin's life at, 97 ; 



Wernerian Society at, founded 



by Jameson, 21, 25 

 Egypt, idea of inorganic evolu- 

 tion originated in, 15 

 Entomology, influence of, on 



Lyell, 42, 57 ; on Darwin, 96 ; 



on Wallace, 110 

 'Equestrian Geology,' popularity 



of, at Oxford, 27; at Cambridge, 



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