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compares him to Socrates in wisdom and humility ; and 

 there could be no better authority than Mr. A. R. Wal- 

 lace for the statement that " there are none to stand 

 beside him as equals in the whole domain of science." 

 He has been extolled, since his death, by a host of re- 

 ligious leaders in press and pulpit (some of whose utter- 

 ances will be found on another page), and we concur 

 with them in the opinion that science never had a 

 champion whose temper and behavior were more nearly 

 in accord with the practical injunctions of the Christian 

 religion. Whatever we or any one may think of Dar- 

 win's scientific theories, no one can gainsay the value 

 of his personal example, and few can be so prejudiced 

 as to resist the fascination that will always be felt at the 

 mention of his name. 



New York, February 1, 1884- 



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