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reminiscences of his friend Huxley, which appeared in 

 the North American Review for September 1895. A 

 fourth biographical notice was the "eulogium" on 

 Charles Darwin, delivered by Sir William at the centenary 

 meeting of the Linnean Society, held on 24th May 1888, 

 in which the speaker acknowledged the incomparable 

 importance of Darwin's work, and incidentally avowed 

 his own acceptance of the doctrine of evolution. Com- 

 pared to Darwin's achievements, he observed, "most of 

 the work which we others do is but irregular, guerilla 

 warfare, attacks on isolated points, mere outpost 

 skirmishing, while his was the indefatigable, patient, 

 unintermittent toil, conducted in such a manner and on 

 such a scale that it could scarcely fail to secure victory 

 in the end." 



