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observation of movement, but with a perfect goodwill to 

 all else that was socially held good. He is the man 

 strenuus, <rirovSato<t, of loving, affectionate heart, of family 

 piety ; of temper perfect in its sweetness, longsuffering, 

 patience, in its modesty, graciousness, and courtesy; 

 yet adamant in its firmness, courage, tenacity, in its 

 unmoving and immovable truth to principle. He is 'pos- 

 sessed, withal, of such an inward horror of the tiniest 

 tip of injustice of such an inward loathing of the veriest 

 verge of cruelty, that he trembles with apprehension 

 before the arrangements of nature itself an apprehen- 

 sion that, combined with the bee of his theory, leads to 

 the young attitude to religion already in allusion. 



On the whole, I know not that a single expression, as 

 it were, can be adduced more typical of the entire man 

 than this " Then should be ' peace on earth, goodwill to 

 men,' which, by the way, I always think " (it is he himself 

 speaks, i. 174) "the most perfect description of happiness 

 that words can give." 



This, surely, is very comprehensive and complete. 

 Still it may be well to add here the illustration of one 

 or two of the more striking personal traits recorded of 

 Mr. Darwin by his son. 



We have seen already an instance or two of what we 

 may call the self-accusing, conscientious repentance of Mr. 

 Darwin. He had no sooner been tempted to make some- 

 what light of the early influence on him of his grand- 

 father's Zoonomia and of the reference to Lamarck, than, 

 with shame from within, he is obliged to add that 

 perhaps, after all, there may be something in both 

 respects. So, also, he has just told of being laughed at 

 by the officers for quoting the Bible on board the Beagle, 

 when he suddenly recollects that he has no business to 

 compromise them, and instantly inserts the parenthesis 

 (" though themselves orthodox "). We have seen, too, 



