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that of Science." Comparatively few know, or remember, 

 that he and his young brother Herbert — on whom he left 

 an interesting chapter in memoriam — both wrote verses, 

 some of which were of real value. 



It may be safely said that few scientific men have 

 sympathetically entered into bordering territories and 

 therein excelled. The whole field of psychical research 

 was familiar to him, and he might have been a leader 

 in it. 



My last meeting with him was at his final home, the 

 " Old Orchard," Broadstone, in 1909. I was staying at 

 Boscombe in Hants, and he asked me to " come and see 

 his garden, while we talked of past days." He had then 

 the freshness of boyhood, blent with the mellow wisdom 

 of age.— W. A. K. 



The eminent naturalist and traveller, Dr. Henry O. 

 Forbes, who later explored the greater part of the lands 

 visited by Wallace, contributes the following appreciation 

 of the latter's scientific work : 



As a traveller, explorer and working naturalist, Wallace 

 will always stand in the first rank, compared even with the 

 most modern explorers. It ought not to be forgotten, how- 

 ever, how great were the difficulties, the dangers and the 

 cost of travel fifty years ago, compared with the facilities 

 now enjoyed by his successors, who can command steam 

 and motor transport to wellnigh any spot on the coasts of 

 the globe, and who have to their hand concentrated and 

 preserved foods, a surer knowledge of the causes of tropical 

 diseases, and outfits of non-perishable medicines sufficient 

 for many years within the space of a few cubic inches. 

 Commissariat and health are the keys to all exploration in 

 uncivilised regions. Wallace accomplished his work on the 

 shortest of commons and lay weeks at a time sick through 

 inability to replenish his medical stores. 



He was no mere " trudger " over new lands. Where 

 those before him, and even many after him, have been 

 able to see only sterile objects, his discerning eyes perceived 



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