MR. GRANT ALLEN'S "CHARLES DARWIN." 263 



It is ill for any man's fame that he should be praised 

 so extravagantly. Nobody ever was as good as Mr. 

 Darwin looked, and a counterblast to such a hurricane 

 of praise as has been lately blowing will do no harm 

 to his ultimate reputation, even though it too blow 

 somewhat fiercely. Art, character, literature, religion, 

 science (I have named them in alphabetical order), 

 thrive best in a breezy, bracing air ; I heartily hope 

 I may never be what is commonly called successful 

 in my own lifetime — and if I go on as I am doing 

 now, I have a fair chance of succeeding in not suc- 

 ceeding. 



