IV PREFACE. 



in his own language, some of his own repetitions must 

 be given also, in order to leave no doubt as to precisely 

 what he said and did not say. It will probably be a 

 long while before the dispute over the theory that he 

 advocated will cease, but there is certainly no excuse 

 for a difference of opinion with regard to the language 

 that he used, and the meaning he attached to it. That 

 language and that meaning will be found in these 

 pages. Darwinism stated by its opponents is one thing, 

 Darwinism stated by Darwin himself will be found to 

 be quite another thing, for, to use his own exclamation, 

 " great is the power of steady misrepresentation ! " 



The order followed in the arrangement of these ex- 

 tracts is not that of the books, but the one naturally 

 suggested by our plan, which is designed to conduct the 

 reader through the vegetable up to the animal kingdom, 

 and up from the lowest to the highest animal, man, 

 "the wonder and glory of the universe." 



The references are to the American edition of Dar- 

 win's works published by D. Apple ton & Co., New 

 York. 



It is no part of our purpose to discuss the theory 

 expounded here, but we can not refrain from joining 

 in the general expression of admiration for its illustrious 

 expounder. Lord Derby says, " He was one of half a 

 dozen men of this century who will be remembered a 

 century hence"; and yet his friends were "more im- 

 pressed with the dignified simplicity of his nature than 

 by the great work he had done." Professor Huxley 



