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both of which are illustrated by portraits and other pictures. 

 The books about Darwin and his work are numerous, but 

 the reader is referred in particular to the two mentioned as 

 giving the best conception of the great naturalist and of his 

 personal characteristics. 



He is described as being about six feet high, but with a 

 stoop of the shoulders which diminished his apparent height; 



FIG. 119. CHARLES DARWIN, 1809-1882. 



"of active habits, but with no natural grace or neatness of 

 movement." "In manner he was bright, animated, and 

 cheerful; a delightfully considerate host, a man of never- 

 failing courtesy, leading him to reply at length to letters 

 from anybody, and sometimes of a most foolish kind." 



His Home Life. " Darwin was a man greatly loved and 

 respected by all who knew him. There was a peculiar charm 



