EVOLUTION 



163 



Hilaire, lint he too was soon reduced to silence under the 

 weight of authority of his adversaries. 



Before the doctrine of evolution could live and take its 

 proper place, it had to be reborn in England — the country of 

 liberty. This resuscitation was due to Darwin, who added to 



Fig. 62. — Osmotic vegetation. 



it his illuminating doctrine of natural selection. But apart 

 from this and a perfecting of its various details, Lamarck had 

 already formulated the doctrine of evolution with perfect 

 precision. Lamarck's work was still-born, whereas that of 

 Darwin lived and grew to its full development. This was due, 

 not to any imperfection or insufficiency in Lamarck's work, but 



