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must not talk about these mammals having existed in that period till we 
have seen some evidence of it Well, I say precisely the same thing to 
him about the cretaceous system. If you are prepared to put Darwin’s 
theory of evolution on the shelf until you have found the mammals, I am 
content. 
The meeting was then adjourned.* 
* Since the meeting took place. Dr. Darwin has passed away ; and it 
may be permitted to quote the following from a periodical entitled the 
Cliaminon of the Faith : — 
“ It is with the sincerest sorrow that we write the words, ‘ Darwin is dead.’ 
We can ill afford to lose so earnest a student of nature, so gentle a spirit, or 
so honest a man. We all owe him a debt, the greatness of which we can 
scarcely realise. He has revealed to us the habits of countless creatures, 
whose apparent insignificance caused them long to be overlooked, his almost 
last legacy having made even worms objects of admiring interest We 
cannot accept his creed, or agree with his inferences in the matter of evolu- 
tion, as we consider them illogical ; but, though they should all hereafter be 
proved erroneous, that would not detract in the slightest degree from his fame 
as a naturalist. It would only show that his acumen as a logician was not 
equal to his insight as an observer Atheist he assuredly was not ; he 
could not even be ranked amongst Agnostics, for again and again he speaks 
of the ‘ Creator,’ and the ‘ Creator breathing life into one or two primitive 
forms,’ as also of the ‘ ennobling belief in God.’ It would be wise if some 
of those who call themselves his followers tried to copy his earnestness and 
his modesty ; but as disciples frequently travesty the teaching, and ignore 
the spirit of their masters, so do many Darwinians manifest an odium 
scientificu'in that Darwin would have severely condemned. Anger in con- 
troversy is an absurdity. Facts will live though all the world should combine 
to howl th(!in down. Fictions will die though all the world combine to tr}’ 
and keep them alive. Whatever has been true in Darwin’s life work will 
live ; whatever has been mistaken will die, and we are persuaded that no 
man would more rejoice at the death than Darwin.” 
