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arrangements of animals and plants, sexual selection, 

 insectivorous plants, and the analysis of the emotions and 

 sociological impulses, nay, even the studies on infants 

 are to be found already discussed in the writings of the 

 elder Darwin, who, a Lamarckian before Lamarck, first 

 established a complete system of the theory of evolution," 

 when Dr. Krause, I say, declares all this, then there is 

 no choice left for us (in view, namely, of the translation 

 and the appended Life) but to conclude that such is the 

 declaration of Charles also, as well as of his brother Eras- 

 mus, who specially associated himself with the Krause pub- 

 lication, and of every one that is in any way in relation. 

 Nor do we at all wonder, consequently, when we hear 

 Dr. Krause further averring that there is an actual party 

 specially formed in these days for the restoration and 

 revival of the older doctrine. Probably, with the single 

 exception of what Mr. Darwin means by the one word 

 " modification " or its implied principle at least, there is 

 no genetic hypothesis in the works of the grandson 

 that will not be found, at greater or less length, in the 

 works of the grandfather. And even the authority of 

 Mr. Francis Dar\vin can be pretty well quoted to the 

 same effect. The following is his declaration in a note 

 at page 189 of the second volume of the Life and 

 Letters : " Erasmus Darwin first promulgated Lamarck's 

 fundamental conceptions. . . . But the advocates of his 

 claims (Erasmus's) have failed to show that he in any 

 respect anticipated the central idea of the Origin vf 

 Species" It is just possible that the shade of the haughty 

 Erasmus may have no reason to condole with itself on the 

 loss! Mr. Darwin himself says (Life, etc., ii. 371): 

 " Personally, of course, I care much about Natural 

 Selection; but that seems to me utterly unimportant 

 compared to the question of Creation or Modification." 

 Especially in view, then, of the ready accessibleness of 



