the man, combined with the daring imagination that 

 saw the thing clearly long before he could prove it, 

 and the gentle forbearance in the presence of unkindness 

 and misunderstanding, w^on the love of a nation. He 

 wished to be buried in the village churchyard at Down, 

 but at his death, by universal acclaim, the gates of 

 ^A^estminster swung wide to receive the dust of the 

 man whom bishops, clergy & laymen alike had reviled. 

 Darwin had won, not alone because he 'was right, but 

 because his w^as a great and loving soul — one without 

 resentment. Archdeacon Farrar, quoting Huxley, said, 

 " I would rather be Darwin & be right than be Premier 

 of England — we have had and "will have many pre- 

 miers, but the w^orld will never have another Darwin." 



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