go De Vi Physica 



that of most people now, with ' evolution,' 

 ' monkeys,' and the ' missing link.' And as 

 I stood in the dense throng, surrounded by 

 all the celebrities of Europe, I said to my- 

 self: Here is a chance for the Anarchists x 

 that will never occur again. If they blew 

 up the Abbey now, they would, like Tarquin, 

 cut off the heads of all the tallest poppies 

 at one fell swoop. And I asked myself in 

 astonishment: WHAT WAS DARWIN, that 

 all this assembly of notables should come 

 to do him honour ? For the whole world 

 seemed to have congregated together in the 

 Abbey, to worship at his tomb. And I 

 made a resolution, that I would solve the 

 problem in the years to come. 

 * And now, whenever I can, I go and 

 worship in another Temple, that of Nature, 

 the British Museum of Natural History 



* At that time, London was in excitement by reason 

 of the outrages of dynamiters. 



