IV 



CHARLES DARWIN AND THE UNIVER- 

 SITY OF CAMBRIDGE 



Kevised from the shorthand notes of a speech delivered 

 on June 23rd, 1909, at the Banquet given by the University 

 of Cambridge in honour of the Delegates to the Darwin 

 Celebration. 



CHANCELLOK, your Excellencies, my Lords and 

 Gentlemen, it is a proud position to be asked, as 

 a representative of the University of Oxford, to 

 propose, on this memorable occasion, the toast 

 of 'The University of Cambridge'. It is with 

 considerable diffidence that I attempt to fill it. 



The greatness of a University may be most 

 truly measured by the greatness of its sons, and 

 by the force of the intellectual movements to 

 which it has given rise. Mr. Balfour has spoken 

 of the mighty names borne by sons of Cambridge. 

 I trust that I shall enlist your sympathy in 

 dwelling for a few moments on the University 

 life of one of the greatest of these, the illustrious 

 man whom we commemorate to-day, and also in 

 attempting very briefly to show how his mature 

 thoughts were received in both the ancient 

 Universities of this country. It was in Cam- 

 bridge, as you know well, that Charles Darwin 



