RECORD: Anon. 1882. [Obituary of] Darwin. Manufacturer and
builder 14, Issue 6 (June): 123. REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed
(single key) by AEL Data. RN1 Since our last issue, the world
has lost the greatest man this century has produced—the man who
has stamped the impress of his life-work deeper than any other
upon the thought of his time, and who will doubtless be ranked
by after generations with the most illustrious. Darwin was not,
as is popularly believed, the originator of the theory of
evolution; but he was the first to present it to the world in a
form to command the attention and respectful consideration of
naturalists. That he succeeded where others had failed is due to
several causes. His work came at a time when the world of
science was prepared to receive it, and his wonderful faculty of
minute and accurate observation, aided by his equally wonderful
industry, enabled him to fortify the theory which he advanced,
with such a wealth of new and remarkable facts, that the
acceptance of his views, thoug