Note 5 — Chapter V · ABERRATIONS OF INSTINCT
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882), the author of The Origin of Species, had the highest opinion of Fabre and spoke of him as “that incomparable observer.” Fabre, on the other hand, had no faith whatever in Darwinism, nor was he greatly struck by the views and the suggestions for experiments with which Darwin favoured him from time to time. Cf. The Mason-bees: chaps. iv. and v.—Translator’s Note. ↑