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Though he died on September 14, he was not buried until Novem- 

 ber 18. 



18, 17. The Cathedral: St. Paul's. Here lie also Nelson, 

 J. M. W. Turner, Benjamin West, Lord Collingwood, and 

 Sir Joshua Reynolds. The building was completed in 1710. 

 In general impressiveness St. Paul's ranks next to St. Peter's 

 in Rome. 



18, 23-24. Marquis of Anglesey. Henry William Paget 

 (1768-1854), first Marquis of Anglesey, commanded the British 

 cavalry at Waterloo. 



19, i. Sir Charles Napier. Charles James Napier (1782- 

 1853) fought in Wellington's Peninsular campaigns, but was not 

 present at the battle of Waterloo. He completed the conquest 

 of Scinde, a province of western India, by the victory of 

 Hyderabad, March 24, 1843. 



19, 13. Tennyson's ode. The Ode on the Death of the Duke 

 of Wellington was published as a pamphlet of sixteen pages 

 on November 18, 1852, the day of the Duke's funeral. It was 

 revised by Tennyson in 1853, and again in 1855. The poem 

 has grown steadily in public favor since 1855. 



20, 7. Esau. See Genesis xx<v, 29-34.. Huxley's writings 

 abound in biblical allusions. See Introduction xvii-xviii. 



20, 32. Holmwood: the home of W. M. Fanning in Sydney, 

 Australia, where Huxley met Miss Heathorn, Mrs. Tanning's 

 sister. 



21, 8. Charles Darwin. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), 

 the most famous of English naturalists, was the founder of the 

 biological theory of evolution. His greatest work, On the 

 Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preser- 

 vation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, was pub- 

 lished in 1859. The book marked a turning-point in Huxley's 

 life as well as in the history of biological science. See Introduc- 

 tion xiii, and note on line 7, page 15. As long as Darwin lived 

 he and Huxley were devoted friends and regular correspond- 

 ents. 



21, 13. Von Bar's essays. Karl Ernst von Bar (1792-1876) 

 was a celebrated Russian naturalist, noted especially for his 

 researches in embryology. Huxley ranked him with Darwin, 

 Buffon, and Lamarck. Cuvier he placed " in a somewhat lower 

 rank." 



21, 20. Chapter IX. The chapter headings in The Origin 



