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may again be impressed on him. Few will deny the possi- 

 bility of this as to man. It is utterly inconceivable in the 

 ca-e of the brute. I yery deeply regret that Mr. Darwin 

 should think otherwise. 



I can now have no hesitation in pronouncing the 

 Defendant guilty with respect to the charge made against 

 him by Homo, and, considering the injurious consequences 

 likely to result from Mr. Darwin's statements, I award 

 to the Plaintiff" 



Homo. My Lord, will you allow me to say that, as your 

 Lordship has so clearly shown the justness of my cause, 

 and as I am not influenced by any Tindictive feeling toward 

 Mr. Darwin, I shall be amply satisfied if he will publish a 

 retractation of the libel, and also of the Cirors which his 

 book contains. 



Lord C. It is not for me to object to such an arrange- 

 ment. I will therefore defer the award which I was about 

 to make, in order that Mr. Darwin may have time to 

 reconsider the matter, and to frame — as I trust he will — 

 an ample and complete retractation. Should he still con- 

 tinue his studies in Natural History, he will do well hence- 

 forth to confine himself to that department in which he has 

 hitherto been so successful. By all means let him go on 

 collecting facts, but let him see that what he records as facts 

 are sufficiently verified. Seeing, however, that his attempts 

 at theorising have been so unsatisfactory, and might lead 

 to such deplorable results, let him now put a restraint on 

 his imagination. I hope he will henceforth take for his 

 motto, the words of one of the most illustrious philosophers 

 which England or the world has ever produced, "Non 



FINGO HYPOTHESES." 



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