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22, 31. Dohrn himself: a German scientist, founder of the 

 Marine Biological Station at Naples. See Introduction xi. 



23, 30. Atrio del Cavallo: a large level tract of land sepa- 

 rating Vesuvius from Mt. Somma. 



24, 2. 6lie de Beaumont (1798-1874): a celebrated pro- 

 fessor of geology at the College de France. 



24, 4-5. "Laves mousseuses": lavas permeated with air- 

 bubbles, frothy, vain, aspiring lavas. In his article On the 

 Reception of the Origin of Species (Life and Letters of Charles 

 Darivin, by his son, Francis Darwin, in 3 volumes, 3d edition, 

 1887, vol. II, p. 187) Huxley says: "In France the influence 

 of Elie de Beaumont and of Flourens, the former of whom is 

 said to have 'damned himself to everlasting fame' by inventing 

 the nickname of la science moussante for Evolutionism . . . 

 produced for a long time the effect of a conspiracy of silence." 

 Huxley is repaying Elie de Beaumont in his own coin. 



24, 13. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) : a famous French chemist 

 and world benefactor, best known for his researches in bac- 

 teria, beer, silkworms, and hydrophobia. The Institute which 

 Pasteur established for the treatment of those suffering from 

 the bites of rabid animals was founded in Paris, November 14, 

 1868. Since then similar institutes have been established through- 

 out the world, and the death-rate from hydrophobia has been 

 reduced to less than one per cent. 



25, 25. The fanatics of laissez faire: those who advocate 

 the let-alone policy. 



25, 29. Prefer that men should suffer than rabbits or 

 dogs. Huxley himself did not practise vivisection, though he 

 considered it justifiable. See Life and Letters, I, 466. It will be 

 noticed that Huxley's English is here defective, rather being 

 necessary after prefer or suffer. 



26, 6. Hodeslea. Huxley moved into his new house in 

 December, 1890. The origin of the name is given by him in 

 a letter of October 15, 1890: "One is obliged to have names 

 for houses here. Mine will be ' Hodeslea,' which is as near as 

 I can go to ' Hodesleia,' the poetical original shape of my 

 very ugly name." 



26, 7. Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892). Huxley and Tenny- 

 son met rarely but each admired the other. After a visit from 

 Huxley in November, 1871, Tennyson wrote: "Mr. Huxley was 

 charming. We had much talk. He was chivalrous, wide, 



