George believes Wallace needs a Rottweiler,
to give him back the recognition he deserves.
While Wallace and Darwin had their great idea
presented to the world jointly,
Darwin was present,
while Wallace was on the other side of the world in Malaysia
collecting insects.
By the time Wallace returned,
Darwin had published the idea in his own book,
on The Origin of Species,
rocketing him to international fame.
I have a feeling actually
that Darwin might have been a bit guilty about what happened in later years.
And in later years when Wallace had fallen on very hard times,
Darwin was instrumental in getting Wallace a government pension.
He went to enormous trouble
to actually petition Gladstone
and got lots of signatories
to get this pension,
so that, you know, Wallace wouldn't have to live in poverty.
So he had a conscience.
Yep.
But George has ensured
that Wallace isn't completely absent from the museum.
This is the rare region.
He's successfully lobbied
to get a piece of his hero's legacy into the collection.