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The Presidential Address.
1872. 'The Expression of the Emotions in Man and
Animals.'
1875. 'The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants.'
2nd ed. (A re-publication, with additions, of a
memoir published in the 'Journal of the Linnean
Society' for 1865.)
1875. 'Insectivorous Plants.'
1876. 'The Effects of Cross- and Self-Fertilisation in the
Vegetable Kingdom.'
1877. 'The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the
same Species.' (A reprint, with additions, of a
series of papers published in the 'Journal of the
Linnean Society' in the years 1862, 1863, 1864,
and 1868.)
1880. 'The Power of Movement in Plants.' In conjunction
with Francis Darwin.
1880. 'The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the
Action of Worms, with Observations on their
Habits.'
Such is the legacy bequeathed by Charles Darwin to the
science of the nineteenth century ! The mere list of works
above catalogued gives no adequate idea to those unacquainted
with their contents of the marvellous powers of observation,
the fertility of resource, the great experimental skill, the
inexhaustible patience over the minutest details, or the grand
faculty of generalisation possessed by this master worker.
For years to come he has left materials for thought and work
to the school of younger naturalists that has grown up under
his inspiration.
Whilst bearing our humble share of the loss which the
whole civilised world has sustained, we have the satisfaction
of knowing that Darwin was personally interested in our
success. It will be remembered that he was among the first
to give us his support at the time of our inauguration, and on
subsequent occasions he showed an active appreciation of our
labours. The last expression of encouragement which I
received from him was in a letter dated August 8th, 1881,
wherein he wrote, "I am glad to see how extremely flourishing
your Essex Club appears to be." We can with the greater
reason lay claim to a direct sympathy in Darwin's work, for
he was himself in the strictest sense a field-naturalist as