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since the "Origin of Species," to say that the many memorial 

 meetings of the past year have left the definite impression on the 

 scientific world of having celebrated Darwin's greatness and 

 Darwinism's weakness. This is particularly true of the most 

 important and conspicuous two of these meetings of which the 

 books 1 under my eye at this moment are the permanent pub- 

 lished record. 



The eleven addresses of the "Fifty Years of Darwinism" 

 volume are, with one exception, by American naturalists. And. 

 with that same exception, and perhaps one other, all sound 

 clearly the note, now more pronounced, now more restrained. 



substitute for the selection theories, or, at any rate, to come to 

 their imperatively needed aid because of some partial but fatal 

 weakness, is embodied in the address of the one English partici- 

 pant in the meeting. Professor Poulton. with a glorious patriot- 

 ism that surpasses that of the defender of imperialism, of an 

 hereditary legislative body or a staggering naval budget, defends 

 all of Darwinism against all of its critics. 



