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the American Philosophical Society, in common with learned socie- 

 ties throughout the world, desires to record its high appreciation 

 of this illustrious man and of his inestimable services to science and 

 to the entire intellectual world; it recalls with satisfaction that he 

 was for thirteen years before his death a member of this society, 

 having been elected in 1869; that his grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, 

 was also a member ; that his son, Sir George Darwin, is a member of 

 this society, and that on the occasion of the bicentennial celebration 

 of the birth of Franklin, our founder, he was present as the bearer 

 of fraternal greetings from the University of Cambridge, the 

 Royal Society, the Royal Institution of Great Britain, and the 

 British Association for the Advancement of Science; and that by 

 his scientific addresses on that occasion, as well as by his presenta- 

 tion of Medalions of Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood, 

 grandfathers of Charles Darwin, he strengthened the bonds which 

 connect the American Philosophical Society with the immortal name 

 of Darwin. 



Princeton University. 



