THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL. 45 



consent are inseparably connected with 

 the name of one of your most illustrious 

 Scientists, I propose to devote the next 

 portion of my address to a careful con- 

 sideration of the various theories enun- 

 ciated by the renowned CHARLES DARWIN ; 

 and in order to avoid the possibility of 

 misrepresenting his views, I will first quqte 

 his ipsissima verla, and then proceed ta 

 comment on the doctrine which the 

 natural meaning of his words appears 

 to teach. 



PROFESSOR DARWIN. 



I now come to consider the claims of a 

 very distinguished Naturalist, the famous 

 Charles Darwin, to rank as the first phi- 

 losopher of the 19th century, and whom 

 Professor Huxley has placed on a par with 

 the immortal Newton, and has termed him 

 the greatest savant evolved from an ape 

 next to Aristotle. Although we naturally 

 smile at such a rhapsodical simile, I gladly 

 avow my respect for the great Naturalist, 

 as he was both a learned and a modest 



