he once wrote, ** The science of medicine will some 

 time resolve itself into a science of prevention rather 

 than a matter of cure. Man was made to be well, and 

 the best medicine I know of is an active and intelligent 

 interest in the w^orld of nature." Erasmus Darw^in had 

 the felicity to have his biography w^ritten in German, 

 and he has his place in the Encyclopedia Brittanica 

 quite independent of that of his gifted grandson. 

 Charles Darwin's grandfather on his mother's side 

 \vas Josiah Wedgwood, one of the most versatile 

 men. He w^as as fine in spirit as those exquisite de- 

 signs by Flaxman that you will see today on the 

 Wedgw^ood pottery. Josiah Wedgw^ood w^as a business 

 man — an organizer, and he w^as beyond this, an artist, 

 a naturalist, a sociologist and a lover of his race. His 

 portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds reveals a man of rare 

 intelligence, and his biography is as interesting as a 

 novel by Kipling. His space in the Encyclopedia Brit- 

 tanica is even more important than that occupied by 

 his dear friend and neighbor. Dr. Erasmus Darwin. 

 The hand of the Potter did not shake when Josiah 

 "Wedgwood was made. Josiah W^edgwood and Dr. 

 Darwin had mutually promised their children to each 

 other in marriage. W^edgwood became rich and he 

 made numerous other men rich, and he enriched the 

 heart and the intellect of England by setting before it 

 beautiful things, and by living an earnest, active and 

 beautiful life. 



Josiah W^edgwood coined the word "queensware." 

 He married his cousin Sarah Wedgwood. Their 



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