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  Obituary 
  Notices 
  of 
  Fellows 
  deceased. 
  

  

  " 
  We 
  have 
  no 
  Professors 
  ; 
  it's 
  an 
  Examining 
  University." 
  

   " 
  Wait 
  ! 
  Stop 
  ! 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  understand. 
  How 
  can 
  it 
  be 
  ? 
  No 
  Professors 
  ?" 
  

   " 
  'Tis 
  simply 
  an 
  Examining 
  University," 
  replied 
  the 
  Councillor, 
  with 
  some 
  

   asperity. 
  

  

  " 
  So 
  ! 
  you 
  then 
  examine 
  the 
  students 
  first, 
  and 
  you 
  teach 
  them 
  after- 
  

   wards 
  ! 
  What 
  you 
  call 
  in 
  English 
  ' 
  put 
  the 
  cart 
  before 
  the 
  horse 
  ! 
  ' 
  Ach 
  ! 
  

   but 
  this 
  is 
  hellish 
  ! 
  " 
  

  

  This 
  last 
  remark 
  put 
  a 
  stop 
  to 
  any 
  further 
  talk 
  between 
  them 
  during 
  the 
  

   rest 
  of 
  dinner. 
  But 
  afterwards 
  Willemoes-Suhm 
  said 
  to 
  Trimen 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Is 
  not 
  ' 
  hellish 
  ' 
  a 
  good 
  English 
  word 
  ? 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  is 
  certainly 
  not 
  very 
  often 
  used 
  in 
  polite 
  society, 
  and 
  not 
  exactly 
  what 
  

   we 
  should 
  call 
  a 
  ' 
  drawing-room 
  word,' 
  " 
  replied 
  Trimen. 
  

  

  " 
  Ach 
  ! 
  That 
  is 
  strange 
  ; 
  for 
  in 
  German 
  we 
  say 
  always 
  ' 
  hollisch 
  ' 
  this, 
  or 
  

   ' 
  hollisch 
  ' 
  that 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  quite 
  .usual 
  word. 
  Now 
  I 
  can 
  see 
  what 
  made 
  the 
  old 
  

   gentleman 
  so 
  angry 
  ; 
  but 
  what 
  I 
  said 
  was 
  true, 
  quite 
  true 
  ! 
  " 
  

  

  In 
  any 
  further 
  reference 
  to 
  Trimen's 
  scientific 
  career, 
  I 
  feel 
  that 
  his 
  spirit 
  

   will 
  be 
  best 
  preserved 
  by 
  dwelling 
  on 
  the 
  human 
  personal 
  side, 
  and 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  by 
  giving 
  his 
  own 
  impressions 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  he 
  met 
  and 
  of 
  their 
  attitude 
  

   towards 
  him 
  and 
  his 
  work. 
  

  

  He 
  always 
  felt 
  that 
  his 
  friendship 
  with 
  Darwin, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  he 
  did 
  as 
  a 
  

   young 
  man 
  under 
  the 
  inspiration 
  of 
  Darwin, 
  were 
  the 
  influences 
  to 
  which, 
  as 
  

   a 
  scientific 
  man, 
  he 
  owed 
  the 
  deepest 
  debt. 
  It 
  was 
  towards 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   1859, 
  after 
  his 
  earliest 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  Cape, 
  that 
  he 
  first 
  saw 
  the 
  illustrious 
  

   naturalist 
  — 
  twice 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  in 
  different 
  departments 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum. 
  The 
  " 
  Origin 
  " 
  had 
  just 
  come 
  out, 
  on 
  November 
  24, 
  and 
  feelings 
  were 
  

   high, 
  so 
  much 
  so 
  indeed 
  that 
  Trimen 
  was 
  quite 
  unable 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  introduction 
  

   he 
  longed 
  for, 
  but 
  received 
  instead 
  a 
  double 
  warning 
  against 
  " 
  the 
  dangerous 
  

   doctrines 
  so 
  seductively 
  set 
  forth 
  by 
  this 
  most 
  eminent 
  but 
  mistaken 
  

   naturalist." 
  " 
  Years 
  afterwards," 
  he 
  wrote, 
  " 
  when 
  I 
  had 
  reached 
  the 
  honour 
  

   of 
  correspondence 
  and 
  personal 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Darwin, 
  I 
  gave 
  him 
  some 
  

   amusement 
  by 
  my 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  impressive 
  manner 
  in 
  which, 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  

   day 
  of 
  my 
  seeing 
  him, 
  I 
  had 
  been 
  warned 
  by 
  two 
  naturalists, 
  much 
  my 
  seniors,- 
  

   to 
  give 
  him 
  a 
  wide 
  berth 
  " 
  (2). 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Fertilisation 
  of 
  Orchids,' 
  published 
  early 
  in 
  1862, 
  

   at 
  once 
  stimulated 
  Trimen 
  to 
  study 
  these 
  flowers 
  at 
  the 
  Cape, 
  and 
  in 
  less 
  than 
  

   two 
  years 
  he 
  had 
  accumulated 
  notes 
  and 
  drawings 
  which 
  he 
  sent 
  to 
  Darwin. 
  

   The 
  reply, 
  written 
  at 
  Down 
  on 
  January 
  31, 
  1863, 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  

   series 
  of 
  letters 
  which 
  illustrate, 
  to 
  use 
  Trimen's 
  words, 
  " 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   charming 
  and 
  attractive 
  sides 
  of 
  Darwin's 
  character 
  — 
  the 
  gracious 
  and 
  glad 
  

   welcome 
  and 
  recognition 
  he 
  never 
  failed 
  to 
  extend 
  to 
  everyone 
  who 
  even 
  in 
  

   the 
  slightest 
  degree 
  endeavoured 
  to 
  render 
  some 
  aid 
  in 
  his 
  researches 
  " 
  (2). 
  

   From 
  the 
  very 
  first, 
  Trimen 
  was 
  urged 
  to 
  publish 
  on 
  his 
  own 
  account, 
  and 
  

   very 
  soon 
  Darwin 
  wrote 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  '•' 
  I 
  felt 
  so 
  sorry 
  that 
  such 
  excellent 
  work 
  should 
  remain 
  locked 
  up 
  for 
  an 
  

  

  