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both of which are illustrated by portraits and other pictures. 
The books about Darwin and his work are numerous, but 
the reader is referred in particular to the two mentioned as 
giving the best conception of the great naturalist and of his 
personal characteristics. 
He is described as being about six feet high, but with a 
stoop of the shoulders which diminished his apparent height; 
Fic. r1g.—CHARLES DARWIN, 1809-1882. 
“of active habits, but with no natural grace or neatness of 
movement.” ‘‘In manner he was bright, animated, and 
cheerful; a delightfully considerate host, a man of never- 
failing courtesy, leading him to reply at length to letters 
from anybody, and sometimes of a most foolish kind.” 
His Home Life.—‘‘ Darwin was a man greatly loved and 
respected by all who knew him. There was a peculiar charm 
