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results.... The verdict arrived at, after this most exhaustive study of a series 

 of cores obtained from depths twice as great as that thought necessary by 

 Darwin was as follows : — 



"The whole of the cores are found to be built up of those organisms 

 which are seen forming coral-reefs near the surface of the ocean — many of 

 them evidently, in situ ; and not the slightest indication could be detected, 

 by chemical or microscopic means, which suggested the proximity of non- 

 calcareous rocks, even in the lowest portions brought up." 



J. W. Judd in Darwin and Modern Science. 



" I am very full of Darwin's new theory of Coral Islands, and have 

 urged Whewell to make him read it at our next meeting. I must give up 

 my volcanic crater theory for ever, though it cost me a pang at first, for 

 it accounted for so much. ...Yet spite of all this, the whole theory is 

 knocked on the head." Lyell, 1837. 



" I never forget that almost everything which I have done in science 

 I owe to the study of his [Sir Charles Lyell's] great works." 



1844 Publication of Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands visited 

 during the Voyage of H. M.S. Beagle; being Part II. of the Geology of the 

 Voyage of the Beagle. 



1845 Publication of the Journal of Researches as a separate book. 



1846 Publication of Geological Observations on South America ; being 

 Part III. of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle. 



1851 Publication of a Monograph of the Fossil Lepadidce and of a Monograph 



of the sub-class Cirripedia (Barnacles). 



1853 Received one of the two Royal medals which are awarded by the 

 Sovereign upon the recommendation of the Council of the Royal Society. 



"Amongst my letters received this morning, I opened first one from 

 Colonel Sabine [Treasurer of the Royal Society] ; the contents certainly 

 surprised me very much, but, though the letter was a very kind one, 

 somehow, I cared very little indeed for the announcement it contained. 

 I then opened yours, and such is the effect of warmth, friendship, and 

 kindness from one that is loved, that the very same fact, told as you told 

 it, made me glow with pleasure till my very heart throbbed. Believe me, 

 I shall not soon forget the pleasure of your letter. Such hearty, affectionate 

 sympathy is worth more than all the medals that ever were or will be 

 coined." Letter to Hooker, 1853. (Plate X.) 



1854 Publication of Monographs of the Balanidae and Verrucidae. 



