Charles Darwin; his life and work / by Charles Frederick Holder.

  • Charles Frederick Holder
Date:
1891
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    the phenomena presented by the organic world, and thus, at last, the whole domain of biology is eman- cipated from teleological fetters, and placed on the high plane of rational investigation. In conclusion, let me simply say that, while we can but deeply mourn the irreparable loss which science has sustained in the death of Charles Dar- win, we have still the highest grounds for congratu- lation in the fact that he lived to complete that great work which, next to the Origin of Species, will, I firmly believe, be awarded by posterity the highest place, viz.: The Power of Movement in Plants ; for, while the former auspiciously opened the great debate by stating the profoundest of all biological problems, the latter has fittingly closed the argument by answering the last objection. DARWIN ON THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS. By frank baker, M.D. From the tendency of the imagination to magnify the unknown and remote, arises a popular error that to attain eminence a man of science must be able to gather facts from great distances—from the sources of the Nile, and from polar snows. But the near and commonplace are subject to the same laws as the atoms of interstellar space, and true scientific insight may discover in the very dust under our feet secrets hitherto concealed. Darwin's work upon the Expression of the Emo- tions is continuous with and supplementary to his larger and better-known treatise on the Descent of