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feeling of right and wrong, so that, e.g., ants and 

 bees, according to this canon, have a right to be con- 

 sidered more truly moral than men. 



The view taken by J. R. G. and G. J. R. was that 

 the essential element of morality resided in feeling 

 and inclination. 



To Miss G. E. Romanes. 



18 Cornwall Terrace : June 9. 



My dearest Charlotte, — We are all well and lively. 

 Ascot and an ' at home ' yesterday ; to-day artists' 

 studios, dinner at the Pagets', and Sanderson's 

 lecture ; to-morrow, College of Surgeons' reception 

 and dinner party of our own ; and next week, one, 

 two, or three engagements for every day. ' Babylon ' 

 is in full swing, and I heard yesterday, from the head 

 of the Census department, that for the last ten years 

 it has been growing at the rate of 1,000 per week. 



I have only time to write a few lines to thank you 

 and the mother for the very jolly letters received this 

 morning, and to let you know that we are all well. 



The reason of my haste now is this extraordinary 

 discovery that has been made in the Botanical 

 Gardens, and which you have probably read about in 

 the ' Times.' Medusa have been found in swarms 

 in the fresh-water tank of the Victoria Regina Lily. 

 Such a thing as a fresh-water Medusa has never been 

 heard of before, and I want to lose no time in getting 

 to work upon his physiology. You see, when I don't 

 go to the jelly-fish the jelly-fish come to me, and I am 

 bound to have jelly-fish wherever I go. 



