a judicial mind, of a noble spirit, raised far above all party passions and petty considerations, of an intellect great in itself, but greater still in its grand humility; that he was a man to whom truth was as the 'pearl of price,' worthy of the devotion and, if need be, the sacrifice of a life. FOOTNOTES: [157] In this paragraph I have ventured to quote largely, and more or less verbatim, from the words of Miss Buckley (Lyell's secretary) in the article on his life, written by my friend Professor G. A. J. Cole, in the "Dictionary of National Biography," vol. xxxiv. [158] "Life of Sir A. Ramsay," by Sir A. Geikie, chap. v. [159] _Vidi tantum_, when his powers were beginning to fail, but it is this expression which is stamped on my mind as characteristic of the face in Charles Lyell, and, I may add, also in Charles Darwin. [160] J. W. Dawson, cited in the " Dictionary of National Biography." [161] _Ut suprà._ [162] I may add my own testimony. When the second edition of the "Student's Elements" was passing through the press. I ventured to write to him about one or two petrological details, which I thought might be more precise. Though at that time I had published but few papers, I received more than one kind letter with the request that I would read some of the proof-sheets of the book and suggest alterations. [163] "The Origin of Species," published in 1859. [164] "Life and Letters of C. Darwin," ii. p. 326. [165] Quoted in Life, Letters, and Journals, ii. p. 461. [166] In 1865. "Life and Letters of Sedgwick," ii. p. 412. [167] "Life, Letters, and Journal of Sir C. Bunbury," iii. p. 66. [168] "Life and Letters of C. Darwin," i. p. 76. [169] He maintained for many years an interesting correspondence with Mr. G. Ticknor, of Boston, U.S.A., in which he often discusses political questions, both British and American. [170] "Travels in North America," chap. ix. [171] In the later part of his life he appears to have sympathised more with the "Unitarians," for he attended the services at Dr. Martineau's chapel in Little Portland Street, though I am not aware that he formally seceded from the Church of England. [172] Life, Letters, and Journals, vol. ii. pp. 82-127. It must however, be remembered that the High Church party were not alone in their opposition; indeed, after a time, they were more tolerant of geologists than the extreme "Evangelical" school. I have some cuttings from the _Record_ newspaper, dated about 1876, which are interesting examples of narrow-minded ignorance and theological arrogance. [173] Life, Letters, and Journal, i. p. 233. "Principles," i. 69 (eleventh edition). [174] He admits that when Lord Enniskillen and Murchison had seduced him, after a Geological Society meeting, to partake of pterodactyl (woodcock) pie and drink punch into the small hours, his work suffered for four or five days afterwards.