Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution

The life of Lamarck is the old, old story of a man of genius who lived far in advance of his age and who died comparatively unappreciated and neglected. But his original and philosophic views, based as they were on broad conceptions of nature and touching on the burning questions of our day have after the lapse of a hundred years, gained fresh interest and appreciation and give promise of permanent acceptance.