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(who has been our guest during the Congress meeting, 1 

 and who knows the author), does not think much of it. 



I am delighted that the portrait has pleased those 

 who are the best judges. I saw it the day it came 

 up, and feel no doubt at all that it is far and away the 

 best of the three. But I did not like 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. Komanes. 



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 



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