ix THE DEBT OF SCIENCE TO DARWIN 475 



Newton, through which he was enabled to grasp fundamental 

 principles, and so apply them as to bring order out of chaos, 

 and illuminate the world of life as Newton illuminated the 

 material universe. Paraphrasing the eulogistic words of the 

 poet, we may say, with perhaps a greater approximation to 

 truth 



" Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night; 

 God said, ' Let Darwin be,' and all was light." 



