Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2

by Alfred Russel Wallace; Sir James Marchant

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Notes

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"It is no doubt the chief work of my life."—C. DARWIN.

"My Life," i. 396-7.

"My Life," ii. 94-5.

"My Life," pp. 97-8.

"My Life," pp. 98-9.

Dr. Henry Forbes in a note to the Editor writes: "In his 'Island Life' Wallace extended his philosophical observations to a wider field, and it is in philosophical biology that Wallace's name must stand pre-eminent for all time." "In our own science of biology," say Profs. Geddes and Thomson in a recent work, "we may recall the 'Grand Old Men,' surely second to none in history—Darwin, Wallace, and Hooker."