6o LAMARCK, HIS LIFE AND WORK 



previously said, the remains of Lamarck are no longer 

 there." 



Mondiere added to his letter a little plan (p. 59), 

 which he drew on the spot* 



But the life-work of Lamarck and his theory of 

 organic evolution, as well as the lessons of his simple 

 and noble character-, are more durable and lasting 

 than any monument of stone or brass. His name 

 will never be forgotten either by his own countrymen 

 or by the world of science and philosophy. After 

 the lapse of nearly a hundred years, and in this first 

 year of the twentieth century, his views have taken 

 root and flourished with a surprising strength and 

 vigor, and his name is preeminent among the natu- 

 ralists of his time. 



No monument exists in Montparnasse, but within 

 the last decade, though the repara,tion has come tar- 

 dily, the bust of Lamarck may be seen by visitors 

 to the Jardin des Plantes, on the outer wall of the 

 Nouvelle Galerie, containing the Museums of Com- 

 parative Anatomy, Palaeontology, and Anthropology. 



Although the city of Paris has not yet erected 

 a monument to its greatest naturalist, some public 

 recognition of his eminent services to the city and 

 nation was manifested when the Municipal Council of 



* Still hoping that the site of the grave might have been kept open, 

 and desiring to satisfy myself as to whether there was possibly space 

 enough left on which to erect a modest monument to the memory of 

 Lamarck, I took with me the brochure containing the letter and plan 

 of Dr. Mondiere to the cemetery of Montparnasse. With the aid of one 

 of the officials I found what he told me was the site, but the entire place 

 was densely covered with the tombs and grave-stones of later inter- 

 ments, rendering the erection of a stone, however small and simple, 

 quite out of the question. 



