SIR CHARLES LYELL, HART. 17!> 



himself. Science and religion for him not only were 

 not divorced, but were one and indivisible." 



He was buried in the nave of the Abbe}-, where 

 a gravestone of fossil marble from Derbyshire bears the 

 following inscription : — 



CHARLES LYELL, 

 Baronet, F.R.S., 



Author of 



" The Principles of Geology." 



Born at Kinnordy, in Forfarshire, 



November 14, 1797. 



Died in London, 



February 22, 1875. 



Throughout a Long and Laborious Life 



He Sought the Means of Deciphering 



The Fragmentary Records 



Of the Earth's History, 



In the Patient Investigation 



Of the Present Order of Nature, 



Enlarging the Boundaries of Knowledge, 



And Leaving on Scientific Thought 



An Enduring Influence. 



" Lord, How Great are Thy "Works, 



And Thy Thoughts are very Deep." 



Psalm xcii. 5. 



A marble bust by Theed, after the original one by 

 Gibson, is placed near the grave. 



Miss Frances Power Cobbe, who had frequent 



