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sheds, and makes fires, and by the aid of fires, cooks food 

 otherwise indigestible. He aids his fellow-men in many 

 ways, and anticipates future wants. Even at a remote 

 period he practised some division of labour." 



" The lower animals, on the other hand, must have 

 their bodily structures modified in order to survive under 

 greatly changed conditions. They must be rendered 

 stronger, or acquire more effective teeth and claws for 

 defence against new enemies ; or they must be reduced 

 in size so as to escape detection and danger. When they 

 migrate into a colder climate, they must become clothed 

 with thicker fur, or have their constitutions altered. If 

 they fail to be thus modified, they will cease to exist." 



On April 19th, 1882, the great spirit of Darwin passed 

 away almost unobserved, so quick and accompanied by so 

 little previous warning was his end, at the age of 71. 



Though contrary to his understood wish that his body 

 might be laid in the churchyard of his own village of 

 Down, his family acquiesced in the universal expression 

 of public feeling that "Westminster Abbey should be the 

 honoured resting place of his remains. 



There, on April 26th, surrounded by a vast assemblage, 

 including many of the foremost scientists of our day, the 

 mortal remains of Charles Bobert Darwin were committed 

 to the tomb, and there it was my sacred privilege to lay a 

 wreath upon his coffin on behalf of the scientific societies 

 of our City of Liverpool. And as the impressive music of 

 the anthem, "Happy is the man who findeth Wisdom 

 and getteth Understanding," resounded through the 

 venerable Abbey, it was solemnly felt that, though one 

 of the wisest men of understanding that this world has 

 ever known was no longer with us, we were left 

 immeasurably the richer for his life and teaching. 



Not only was Darwin the philosopher who has wrought 



