CHAPTER X. 



The Collaborator of Darwin. 



Tegetmeier's association with Darwin, and his 

 work for and with that great scientist, alone 

 would entitle him to a niche in the Temple of 

 Fame and an honoured place in the hearts of all 

 who love Nature and see in it the open Book 

 which he who runs may read — the great Book not 

 written by human hands, the indisputable evi- 

 dence of the patent handiwork of the " Great 

 Architect of the Universe " — the Creator of the 

 world and all that is in it. Believers in and 

 doubters of the doctrine of evolution alike must 

 pay a tribute to the patient investigation, the 

 careful research work, the accurate observations, 

 and valuable experiments carried out by 

 Tegetmeier for the great thinker. Everybody 

 who looks into their lives must recognise and 

 acknowledge the absolute love of Truth which 

 characterised both these men, between whom 

 there was much in common. Tegetmeier, pos- 

 sibly, might have made a reputation in biology 

 approaching that of Darwin, had he been placed 

 in circumstances analogous to those of the 

 author of the Origin of Species. But he had to 

 work hard for a living, while a father's generosity 

 provided the means for that devotion to study 



