Astronomy 



World of Life," written mainly for the purpose of enforcing 

 not only the proofs of a " guiding " but also of a '' foresee- 

 ing " and ''designing" Mind by evidence which will be 

 thought by most men of science to be unduly strained. It 

 is, therefore, the more interesting to me to find that you 

 have yourself (on pp. 33-34 of your Address) used the very 

 same form of analogical illustration as I have done (at 

 p. 296 of " The World of Life '•) under the heading of ''A 

 Physiological Allegory," as being a very close representa- 

 tion of what really occurs in nature. 



To conclude : your last paragraph rises to a height of 

 grandeur and eloquence to which I cannot attain, but 

 which excites my highest admiration. 



Should you have a separate copy to spare of your Romanes 

 Lecture at Oxford, I should be glad to have it to refer to. — 

 BeUeve me yours very truly, Alfred R. Wallace. 



The last of Wallace's letters on astronomical subjects 

 was written to Sir Oliver Lodge about a week before his 

 death : 



To Sir Oliver Lodge 



Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset. Ootober 27, 1913. 



Dear Sir Oliver Lodge,— Many thanks for your Romanes 

 Lecture, which, owing to my ignorance of modern electrical 

 theory and experiments, is more difficult for me than was 

 your British Association Address. 



I have been very much interested the last month by 

 reading a book sent me from America by Mr. W. L. Webb, 

 being " An Account of the Unparalleled Discoveries of Mr. 

 T. J. J. See." 



Several of Mr. See's own lectures are given, with refer- 

 ences to his " Researches on the Evolution of the Stellar 

 Systems," in two large volumes. 



His theory of " capture " of suns, planets, and satellites 



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