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belong to our age, and to Mr. Darwin. To have originated this, and 

 also the principle of Natural Selection — the truthfulness and impor- 

 tance of which are evident the moment it is apprehended — and to have 

 aj^plied these principles to the system of Nature in such a manner as to 

 make, within a dozen years, a deeper impression upon natural history 

 than has been made since Linnaeus, is ample title for one man's fame. 



There is no need of our giving any account or of estimating the 

 importance of such works as the " Origin of Species by means of 

 Natural Selection," the " Variation of Animals and Plants under Do- 

 mestication," the "Descent of Man, and Selection in relation to Sex," 

 and the "Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" — a series 

 to which we may hope other volumes may in due time be added. We 

 would rather, if space permitted, attem^^t an analysis of the less 

 known but not less masterly subsidiary essays, upon the various ar- 

 rangements for insuring cross-fertilization in flowers, for the climbing 

 of plants, and the like. These, as we have heard, may before long be 

 reprinted in a volume, and supplemented by some long-pending but 

 still unfinished investigations upon the action of Dionsea and Drosera — 

 a capital subject for Mr. Darwin's handling. 



A ]yropos to these papers, which furnish excellent illustrations of 

 it, let us recognize Darwin's great service to Natural Science in bring- 

 ing back to it Teleology : so that, instead of Morphology versus Tele- 

 ology, we shall have Morphology wedded to Teleology. To many, no 

 doubt, Evolutionary Teleology comes in such a questionable shape as 

 to seem shorn of all its goodness ; but they will think better of it in 

 time, when their ideas become adjusted, and they see what an impetus 

 the new doctrines have given to investigation. They are much mis- 

 taken who suppose tliat Darwinism is only of speculative importance 

 and perhaps transient interest. In its working applications it has 

 proved to be a new power, emiuentlv practical and fruitful. 



And here, again, we are bound to note a striking contrast to Mr. 

 Brown, greatly as we revere his momory. He did far less work than 

 was justly to be expected from him. Mr. Darwin not only points out 

 the road, but labors upon it indefatigably and unceasingly. A most 

 commendable noblesse oblige assures us that he will go on while 

 strength (would we could add health !) remains. The yast amount of 

 such work he has already accomplished might overtax the powers of 

 the strongest. That it could have been done at all under constant 

 infirm health is most Avonderful. 



Ajyj^ended is a full List of Mr. Darwin^ s Works, 



GENERAL WORKS. 



Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of 

 the Countries visited by H. M. S. Beagle, 1845. 



On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1859. 



