THE LIFE AND WORK OF DARWIN 2c 



development and ripening of the great theory ; a 

 these must have much of interest, much that wi 

 repay the hearing. Concerning his works, althoug 

 the " Ori gin of Species " remains by far his greate: 

 achievement, yet it must not be supposed th; 

 Darwin gained one great victory and then restec 

 No more conscientiously industrious man ever lived 

 and besides his masterpiece he has left us a grej 

 series of books, each dealing with a separate grou 

 of problems in animal or in plant life ; each base 

 on long-continued and scrupulously exact observ; 

 tions ; each breaking entirely new ground ; an 

 each contributing powerfully to the advancemer 

 and widening of knowledge. While never forgettin 

 that the " Origin of Species " stands foremost, it ; 

 well that the other works should not be overlooked 

 for had the " Origin of Species" never been writtei 

 these works — as yet hardly mentioned in our cours 

 — would have given Darwin a foremost place amon 

 the biologists of all nations and of all ages. 



Family History. 



Charles Darwin was born on February 12th, 180c 

 at Shrewsbury. His mother was a daughter c 

 Josiah Wedgwood, the founder of the great potter 

 works at Etruria. His father, Robert Warin 

 Darwin, was a physician in large practice at Shrews 

 bury ; a man of marked individuality of character, 

 quick and acute observer, with a great power c 

 reading character and of winning the confidence c 

 his patients. He was highly esteemed for his ski! 



