The references are to the American edition of Darwin’s works published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. It is no part of our purpose to discuss the theory expounded here, but we can not refrain from joining in the general expression of admiration for its illustrious expounder. Lord Derby says, “He was one of half a dozen men of this century who will be remembered a century hence”; and yet his friends were “more impressed with the dignified simplicity of his nature than by the great work he had done.” Professor Huxley compares him to Socrates in wisdom and humility; and there could be no better authority than Mr. A. R. Wallace for the statement that “there are none to stand beside him as equals in the whole domain of science.” He has been extolled, since his death, by a host of religious leaders in press and pulpit (some of whose utterances will be found on another page), and we concur with them in the opinion that science never had a champion whose temper and behavior were more nearly in accord with the practical injunctions of the Christian religion. Whatever we or any one may think of Darwin’s scientific theories, no one can gainsay the value of his personal example, and few can be so prejudiced as to resist the fascination that will always be felt at the mention of his name. NEW YORK, _February 1, 1884_. INTRODUCTORY PASSAGES QUOTED BY DARWIN IN HIS “ORIGIN OF SPECIES.” “But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this--we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws.”--WHEWELL: _Bridgewater Treatise_. “The only distinct meaning of the word ‘natural’ is _stated_, _fixed_, or _settled_; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, i. e., to effect it continually or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once.”--BUTLER: _Analogy of Revealed Religion_. “To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God’s word, or in the book of God’s works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both.”--BACON: _Advancement of Learning_. DARWIN AND HIS THEORIES FROM A RELIGIOUS POINT OF VIEW. “Surely in such a man lived that true charity which is the very essence of the true spirit of Christ.”--Canon PROTHERO. “The moral lesson of his life is perhaps even more valuable than is the grand discovery which he has stamped on the world’s history.”--_The Observer_ (London). “Darwin’s writings may be searched in vain for an irreverent or unbelieving word.”--_The Church Review._