388 CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN. 



labor which it has cost him, but for the few re- 

 maining years of my life, whenever I want cheer- 

 ing, I will look at the portraits of my distinguished 

 co-workers in the field of science, and remember 

 their generous sympathy." 



He was made a member of more than seventy of 

 the learned societies of the world ; in America, 

 Austria, India, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ger- 

 many, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Bussia, Spain, 

 Sweden, Switzerland, and elsewhere. 



Darwin's work was now almost over. His dear 

 friend Lyell had gone before him, of whom he said, 

 "I never forget that almost everything which I 

 have done in science I owe to the study of his great 

 works." His brother Erasmus, to whom he was 

 tenderly attached, died in 1881. In the spring of 

 1882 he was unable to work continuously as usual, 

 and suffered from pain about the heart. On the 

 night of April 18, he had a severe attack and 

 fainted. When he was restored to consciousness, 

 he said, " I am not the least afraid to die." He 

 died the next day. April 19. 



Darwin died as he had lived, with a heart over- 

 flowing with sympathy and tenderness. He said, 

 " I feel no remorse from having committed any 

 great sin, but have often and often regretted that 

 I have not done more direct good to my fellow- 

 creatures." 



In his home life he was singularly blest. His 

 son says, " No one except my mother knows the 

 full amount of suffering he endured, or the full 



