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the debatable space between the intellectual powers 

 of man and the faculties of the lower animals. 



It was Mr. Romanes' intention to continue the 

 mental evolution series and to deal, in further instal- 

 ments of his work, with the intellectual emotions, 

 volition, morals, and religion. This intention, how- 

 ever, he did not live to fulfil. His further develop- 

 ment of mental evolution in the light of his later 

 conclusions in the region of philosophical and religious 

 thought would have been profoundly interesting. 

 But one's regret that this part of his life work 

 remained incomplete is tempered by the recollection 

 that what he did complete was so worthily done. 

 For, in the words of Mr. Lloyd Morgan, which were 

 quoted with approval by Dr. Burdon Sanderson in 

 his Royal Society obituary notice : i by his patient 

 collection of data ; by his careful discussion of these 

 data in the light of principles clearly and definitely 

 formulated ; by his wide and forcible advocacy of his 

 views ; and, above all, by his own observations and 

 experiments, Mr. Romanes left a mark in this field of 

 investigation and interpretation which is not likely 

 to be effaced.' 



In 1889 Mr. Romanes attended the British Asso- 

 ciation which met that year at Newcastle. Here, he 

 and Professor Poultori had a long discussion on the 

 ' Inheritance of Acquired Characters ' ; he spoke so 

 much, and was so much en evidence, at this Association 

 that the Newcastle papers described him as a most 

 belligerent person. 



He wrote afterwards from Edinburgh : 



Things progress as usual. After my lecture I 

 played chess with Mrs. Butcher and dined with the 



