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" He was sure he was not in the least going beyond the bare naked truth 

 when he said that, quite apart from his great scientific achievements, 

 there never was a man, never lived a man, more worthy of respect and 

 more worthy of love than this great naturalist." He concluded with the 

 words : " He was above all a man whose heroic disposition and whose 

 lovable qualities would, even if he had not otherwise gained that im- 

 mortal niche in the temple of fame, still commend him to every man 

 who either knew him personally or who by tradition had been able to 

 form some estimate of the rare qualities which he exhibited." 



Dr. Svante Arrhenins also spoke to the toast. After alluding to the 

 ideas of Evolution entertained by the Hindoos, in Egyptian legends, Ovid's 

 "Metamorphoses," and elsewhere in antiquity . . . "the epoch-making- 

 word was delivered by Charles Darwin in his 'Origin of Species.' " He 

 concluded an eloquent speech with the words : " In this veneration of 

 Darwin's memory all men of science regarded him not only as an ideal 

 man of science, but as a man of science whose power and influence 

 had been enhanced by his integrity and moral worth." 



The toast was drunk in silence. 



Mr. W. Erasmus Darwin responded in an admirable reply, dealing 

 more especially with his father's private life in connection with his family, 

 of which he gave his own reminiscences, which added to the well-known 

 character affectionate traits not usually mentioned in the literature of his 

 life. Another trait was his father's horror of anything like cruelty, and 

 he spoke of occasions in which he took an active part in suppressing it. 



Professor Poulton, of Oxford, proposed " The University of Cambridge," 

 and the Vice- Chancellor replied. 



On the third and last day Honorary Degrees were conferred on 

 twenty-one of the delegates. The Public Orator, Dr. Sandys, introduced 

 each of them, recounting in Latin the various services they had rendered 

 to science, for which they were to receive the degree of D.Sc. 



Subsequently Sir Archibald Geikie delivered the Eede Lecture on 

 " Darwin as a Geologist." 



