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Charles  Darwin. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1909. 
In  a  number  of  cases  it  has  been  represented  that  it  was  difficult 
to  control  the  gathering  or  collection  of  certain  commodities  because 
of  the  character  of  the  labor  and  nature  of  the  materials,  but  this 
contention  is  apparently  not  well  founded  because  numerous  impor- 
tations of  such  goods  are  being  offered  which  are  found  satisfactory. 
There  is  no  doubt  but  that  a  certain  small  per  cent,  oppose  the 
proper  enforcement  of  the  law  in  reference  to  imported  goods  and 
apparently  do  much  to  defeat  its  purpose,  but  it  is  gratifying  to 
know  that  the  vast  majority  of  importers,  manufacturers,  and 
various  dealers  have  co-operated  faithfully  in  its  enforcement. 
Upon  various  occasions  generous  support  and  aid  have  been  given 
by  supplying  specific  information  upon  particular  points  involved, 
and  it  is  largely  due  to  this  spirit  of  co-operation  and  assistance 
that  it  may  be  said  the  law  is  becoming  more  effective  daily.  The 
evidence  furthermore  shows  that  foreign  dealers  recognize  the  fact 
that  the  United  States  is  no  longer  the  dumping  ground  of  their 
refuse  products,  which  have  little  or  no  sale  in  their  own  country. 
CHARLES  DARWIN,  AS  A  BOTANIST* 
By  John  W.  Harshberger,  Ph.D. 
Charles  Darwin  lies  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey  in  the  north 
aisle  of  the  nave  close  to  the  angle  of  the  choir-screen  beside  the 
body  of  Sir  John  Herschel,  the  celebrated  astronomer,  and  not  far 
off  in  the  central  part  of  the  nave  lie  David  Livingstone,  the  African 
explorer,  and  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  the  philosopher  and  mathematician. 
Truly  in  this  cathedral-mausoleum  and  in  the  most  prominent  places 
lie  the  mortal  remains  of  a  galaxy  of  great  men  of  whom  the 
English-speaking  race  may  be  justly  proud.  No  honor  too  great 
can  be  bestowed  upon  men  of  such  sterling  intellectual  worth. 
Darwin  formulated  the  principles  of  organic  evolution ;  Sir  Isaac 
Newton  was  the  formulator  of  the  law  of  gravitation ;  Sir  John 
Herschel  explored  the  starry  realm  and  made  many  discoveries  of 
importance,  while  David  Livingstone  with  unequalled  determination 
opened  up  the  dark  continent  to  the  knowledge  of  civilized  men. 
*  A  paper  read  before  the  Association  of  Doctors  of  Philosophy,  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania,  on  the  occasion  of  the  Darwin  Centenary  Memorial 
meeting  held  Friday,  February  12,  1909,  at  the  University. 
