196 Charles Darwin. 



it was voted that the next meeting of the society 

 should be a Darwin memorial. The following com- 

 mittee was appointed to carry it out ; Messrs. Goode, 

 Riley, Ward, Rathbun, and Gill. The result of their 

 action appears in the memorial of the society, which 

 consists of a series of papers, read by distinguished 

 leaders of scientific thought in America, on the 

 various branches of science with which Darwin was 

 identified. 



These papers give the most comprehensive view 

 of Darwin's scientific attainments from a purely 

 American standpoint, ever published. 



The meeting of the Biological Society was called 

 for the 1 2th of May, a little over a month after the 

 death of the great naturalist, and in the presence of 

 a large and distinguished audience, among which 

 were representatives of many of the leading scientific 

 societies of the day, the following papers which will 

 always remain permanent additions to Darwinian 

 literature, were read : 



THE DOCTRINE OF DARWIN. 



BY THEODORE GILL, A.M., M.D., PH.D.,M.N.A.S,, 



Smithsonian Institution. 



(The chief for many years of the leaders in science 

 knows no longer the world he erstwhile knew so 

 well. Charles Darwin has closed a life illustrious in 

 the annals of biology, scarce full of years but very 

 (^uU of honours. 



How fruitful was that life and how potent its 

 influence on philosophy and on sociology the united 



