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best of the three. But I did not.hke to write and 

 venture this opinion till I knew what you all thought 

 of it. 



I have been very busy this past week with the 

 affairs of the Congress in relation to Vivisection. It 

 has been resolved by the Physiological Section to get 

 a vote of the whole Congress upon the subject, and I 

 had to prepare the resolution and get the signatures 

 of all the vice-presidents of the Congress, presidents 

 and vice-presidents of sections, and to arrange for its 

 being put to the vote of the whole Congress at its 

 last general meeting to-morrow. The only refusal 

 to sign came appropriately enough from the president 

 of the section ' Mental Diseases.' 



We leave for Scotland to-morrow, when I shall 

 hope to get time to read Eoux's book, though I shall 

 first review ' The Student's Darwin.' 



I remain, very sincerely and most respectfully 



' Geo. J. EoMANES. 



The following letters relate to the burning question 

 of Vivisection : — 



Garvock, Perthshire : August 31, 1881. 



My dear Mr. Darwin, — It is not often that I write 

 to dun you, and I am sorry that duty should now 

 impose on me the task of doing so, but I have no 

 alternative, as you shall immediately see. 



The Physiological Society was formed, as you may 

 remember, for the purpose of obtaining combined 

 action among physiologists on the subject of Vivi- 

 section. The result in the first instance was to 



