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this year he has produced a standard work on " Darwinism," 

 which is the most perfect as well as the most readable form in 

 which the subject has yet been presented. 



Such worthy work has not been without recognition. Mr. 

 Wallace was awarded in 1868 the Royal Medal of the Royal 

 Society for his many contributions to theoretical and practical 

 zoology, among which his discussion of the conditions which 

 have determined the distribution of animals in the Malay 

 archipelago, as well as his writings on the origin of species, 

 found prominent mention. In 1870, he received the Gold 

 Medal of the Societe de Geographic of Paris. In 1876 he was 

 President of the Biological Section at the Glasgow meeting of 

 the British Association. After the publication of his work 

 on land nationalisation a Land Nationalisation Society was 

 formed, of which Mr. Wallace is President. In 1881 he was 

 awarded a Civil List pension of ^200 a year, in recognition 

 of the amount and value of his scientific work; and in 1882 

 the University of Dublin conferred upon him the honorary 

 degree of LL.D. 



On all occasions Mr. Wallace has persistently exalted Mr. 

 Darwin's work, and, comparatively speaking, made light of his 

 own. Full well may we say with Mr. Darwin, You are the 

 only man I ever heard of who persistently does himself an 

 injustice, and never demands justice. But you cannot burke 

 yourself, however much you may try.'' The intelligent minds 

 which honour the name of Darwin, will not forget to honour 

 that of his fellow-discoverer, Alfred Russel Wallace. 



G. T. B. 



