Heredity and radium at Dublin An impression of the British Association meeting

摘要

The stimulating air of Dublin had a very visible effect on the BritishAssociation. The members were in great force, and amongAssociates were fewer of those very unattached camp-followerswho enjoy not Science but the reputation which is bought cheaplyat a guinea. The name of Darwin as well as the air of Dublin nodoubt added impetus to the meeting. People wanted to hear aboutDarwin, and one of the mistakes of the week was that they wereallowed to hear so little. No speech was more popular than the fewwords, very beautifully said and delivered, in which Sir ArchibaldGeikie explained how in his later years Charles Darwin found anencyclop?dia in his sons, getting mathematical and astronomicalfacts from George, botanical facts from Francis, financial andmechanical help from the others.