DARWIN. 195 



He lies in Westminster Abbey by the side of Isaac 

 Newton, one of the many noble predecessors who 

 have made his own life possible. Among all who 

 have written or spoken since then, whatever their 

 religious or scientific faith, by none has an unkind 

 word been said. His was a gentle, patient, and 

 reverent spirit, and by his life not only science, 

 but our conception of Christianity, has been ad- 

 vanced and ennobled. 



