220 CHARLES DARWIN. 



attacked and more grossly misrepresented than any 

 other, but who lived to see his teachings almost uni- 

 versally received ; a man whose quiet, peaceful life of 

 work, and whose precarious health, prevented that large 

 intercourse with his fellow-men which is generally 

 forced upon greatness, but who was so beloved by his 

 circle of intimate friends that, through their contagious 

 enthusiasm, and through the glimpses of his nature 

 revealed in his writings, he was in all likelihood more 

 greatly loved than any other man of his time by those 

 who knew him not. 



And for all those of us who have loved Darwin, 

 although we have never seen him, we can at any rate 

 remember that we have lived in his time and have 

 heard the echoes of his living voice ; he has been even 

 more to us than he will be to future generations of 

 mankind a mighty tradition, gaining rather than 

 losing in force and in overwhelming interest as each 

 passing age, inspired by his example, guided by his 

 teachings, adds to the knowledge of nature, and in 

 so doing gives an ever deeper meaning to his life 

 and work. 



