Eminent Persons, Vol. 3
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Excerpt from Eminent Persons, Vol. 3: Biographies Reprinted From the Times Exactly a year to a day has separated the deaths of two of the most powerful men of this century - some have said of any century; and those who care for the task will find some very curious analogies between the progress and the ultimate results of the work of the two men, totally different as were the spheres in which they exercised their remarkable powers. On 19th April 1881 all the civilised world held its breath at the news of the death of Lord Beaconsfield; not less must be the effect upon the most civilised part of the civilised world when the announcement of the death of Charles Darwin flashes over the face of that earth whose secrets he has done more than any other to reveal. All who knew anything of Mr. Darwin know that, massive as he seemed, it was only by the greatest care and the simplest habits that he was able to maintain a moderate amount of health and strength. Mr. Darwin had been suffering for some time past from weakness of the heart, but had continued to do a slight amount of experimental work up to the last. His death took place at about four o´clock on Wednesday afternoon. Fifteen volumes lie before us and nearly as many memoirs large and small, the product of forty-five years´ work - a product which in quantity would do credit to the most robust constitution. But when we consider Mr. Darwin´s always feeble health and his deliberately slow method of work, never hasting but rarely resting, the result seems marvellous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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