60 LAMARCK, HIS LIFE AND WORK 
previously said, the remains of Lamarck are no longer 
EHere..* 
Mondiére added to his letter a little plan (p. 59), 
which he drew on the spot.* 
But the life-work of Lamarck and his theory of 
organic evolution, as well as the lessons of his simple 
and noble character, are more durable and lasting 
than any monument of stone or brass. His name 
will never be forgotten either by his own countrymen 
or by the world of science and philosophy. After 
the lapse of nearly a hundred years, and in this first 
year of the twentieth century, his views have taken 
root and flourished with a surprising strength and 
vigor, and his name is preéminent among the natu- 
ralists of his time. 
No monument exists in Montparnasse, but within 
the last decade, though the reparation has come tar- 
dily, the bust of Lamarck may be seen by visitors 
to the Jardin des Plantes, on the outer wall of the 
Nouvelle Galerie, containing the Museums of Com- 
parative Anatomy, Paleontology, and Anthropology. 
Although the city of Paris has not yet erected 
a monument to its greatest naturalist, some public 
recognition of his eminent services to the city and 
nation was manifested when the Municipal Council of 
* Still hoping that the site of the grave might have been kept open, 
and desiring to satisfy myself as to whether there was possibly space 
enough left on which to erect a modest monument to the memory of 
Lamarck, I took with me the évochure containing the letter and plan 
of Dr. Mondiére to the cemetery of Montparnasse. With the aid of one 
of the officials I found what he told me was the site, but the entire place 
was densely covered with the tombs and grave-stones of later inter- 
ments, rendering the erection of a stone, however small and simple, 
quite out of the question. 
