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before stated, one of us had perused in 1844, and the coi 

 tents of which we had both of us been privy to for many yean 

 " On representing this to Mr. Darwin, he gave us permis- 

 sion to make what use we thought proper of his memoir, etc. ; 

 and in adopting our present course, of presenting it to the 

 Linnaean Society, we have explained to him that we are not 

 solely considering the relative claims to priority of himself 

 and his friend, but the interests of science generally; for we 

 feel it to be desirable that views founded on a wide deduction 

 from facts, and matured by years of reflecting, should con- 

 stitute at once a goal from which others may start ; and that, 

 while the scientific world is waiting for the appearance of 

 Mr. Darwin's complete work, some of the leading results of 

 his labours, as well as those of his able correspondent, should 

 together be laid before the public. 



" We have the honour to be yours very obediently, 



Charles Lyell, 

 Jos. D. Hooker." 



Personality of Darwin. — The personality of Darwin is 

 extremely interesting. Of his numerous portraits, the one 

 shown in Fig. 119 is less commonly known than those show- 

 ing him with a beard and a much furrowed forehead. This 

 portrait represents him in middle life, about the time of the 

 publication of his Origin of Species. It shows a rather 

 typical British face, of marked individuality. Steadiness, 

 sincerity, and urbanity are all depicted here. His bluish- 

 gray eyes were overshadowed by a projecting ridge and very 

 prominent, bushy eyebrows that make his portrait, once seen, 

 easily recognized thereafter. In the full-length portraits 

 representing him seated, every line in his body shows the quiet, 

 philosophical temper for which he was notable. An intimate 

 account of his life is contained in the Life and Letters of 

 Charles Darwin (1887) and in More Letters of Darwin (1903), 



