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by implication dishonourable ones) were still to be num- 
bered. The clause running “ Whatever may be the verdict 
“ of posterity upon this or that opinion which Mr. Daiwin 
“ has propounded ” indicates that, whatever the boast of 
Evolution, Mr. Darwin’s opinions are not for all time 
victorious all along the line. All these announcements aie 
admirably true. Assuredly vehement opposition has subsided 
since lithesome theology saw its way to countenance Dai- 
winism without renouncing orthodoxy. Assuredly Mr. 
Darwin’s assailants are no defunCt race ; and as assuredly 
there are anti-Darwinians and anti-Darwinians. And most 
assuredly, too, is Darwinism still sub judicc. 
The following article aims to be a portrait of the litetaiy, 
scientific, philosophical, and moral characteristics of Mr. 
Darwin’s masterpiece ; and as the features in a photograph 
are unaffected by the integrity of the operator at the camera, 
so my task is, as it were, passive. I wish to obtrude no 
personal observations other than that the previous sentence 
must not be construed into a concession that prejudice has 
influenced the composition of this article ; inasmuch as the 
only emotion which has exercised me in this connection has 
been one of some satisfaction on finding that the literary, 
scientific, and philosophical merits of Mr. Darwin’s master- 
piece are not of such a magnitude as to neutralise the moral 
obliquity displayed therein. The resemblance to a photo- 
graph is, however, incomplete, for the many laudable 
features of Mr. Darwin’s works and character are not de- 
tailed here, while at the same time the article does not 
profess to be an exhaustive catalogue of the defects. No 
space will be devoted to repetition of these prefatory 
remarks (nor to any concluding ones). Regard for them is 
therefore now, for fairness’ sake, solicited. 
Literary Characteristics. 
The term literary is here used in a wide sense ; my task 
not being to colled the passages of “ unstudied eloquence 
“ body lies in Westminster Abbey, his best monument will be that ‘ Origin ol 
“ Species ’ which, it has been declared, marks a new epoch in the history ol 
“ scientific thought. His late residence is called Downe House, and is situated 
“ on the south of the village in Luxted Lane. The road on the north side o: 
“the church leads to High Elms, the country seat of Sir John Lubbock 
“ Bart., M.P.,” &c. 
The term here, however, must on many occasions when used be understooc 
to include also the Variation tinder Domestication, and the volumes whicl 
were to follow. Of course under Variation under Nature is included varia 
tion under nature, the struggle for existence, and natural selection. 
