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LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY 



of " Oceanic Hydrozoa," 175, 176; 

 his personal contributions to sci- 

 ence, 177; effect on him of the 

 Origin, 178 sqq. ; " anti-progressive 

 confession of faith," 178; one of 

 the decisive critics of the Origin, 

 ib. ; " general agent " to Darwin, 

 183, 297; nature of his support of 

 Darwin, 183; as Darwin's bull- 

 dog, 391; descent of man, 184, 191; 

 takes up ethnology, 213; his phi- 

 losophy of life, 236, 443; love of 

 philosophy, 247; early life, 237; 

 moves to Abbey Place, 242; his 

 handwriting, 248, 311, 484, 485; on 

 matrimony, 249, 311, 313; children, 

 328, ii. 224, 253; " Happy Family," 

 i. 313; fondness for music, 250; 

 health, 252; expedition to Switzer- 

 land, ib.; Hunterian Lectures, 

 254, 335; the British Museum, 

 267 (cp. ii. 204) ; controversy, i. 

 271, 516, 523, ii. 290; exhilarating 

 effect of controversy, ii. 123-25, 

 130, 154; not inconsistent with 

 friendship, 414, ii. 187 (cp. ii. 18) ; 

 reputation, i. 270, 271 (cp. 427) ; 

 ethnological work, 283; vein of 

 laziness, 290; appealed to on point 

 of honour, 290; science course for 

 International College, 290 sq. ; on 

 Indian anthropological scheme, 

 294 sq. ; Edinburgh degree, 296; 

 the writing of elementary books, 

 305; Elementary Physiology, ib.; in- 

 cident at a working-men's lecture, 

 308; trip to Brittany, ib.; anec- 

 dote of the cerebellum, 315; on 

 " eating the leek," 318; rapidity 

 of thought, 319; influence of his 

 style, 320; the moralities of criti- 

 cism, 322, 328; a good book and 

 fools, 323; turning-point in his 

 career, 1870, 346; popular view of, 

 about 1870, 347; effect of Lay Ser- 

 mons, ib. ; growing pressure of 

 official work, 347 sq, (cp. 428, ii. 

 21); dubbed "Pope" by the Spec- 

 tator, 350; on evolution of the 

 horse, 351; influence of Descartes, 

 and scientific Calvinism, 352 (cp. 

 122); visits the Eifel, 354; his de- 

 gree of D.C.L. opposed, ib. ; 



President British Association, 

 355; work on micro-organisms 

 and spontaneous generation, ib. 

 sq. ; continued work on micro- 

 organisms, 482; on savagery, 359; 

 visits the slums, ib. ; presentation 

 to, 360; commerce the civiliser, 

 ib. ; attacks on his address, 360, 

 361 ; stands for the School Board, 

 362 sq. ; his programme, 363 sq. ; 

 opposes proposal to open meet- 

 ings with prayer, 365; on Educa- 

 tion Committee, ib. sq.; religious 

 and secular teaching, 367 sq. ; 

 letters on the compromise and 

 an " incriminated lesson," 369 

 sqq. ; report of Education Com- 

 mittee, 372 sq. ; speech on Ultra- 

 montanism, 374 sq. ; his lasting in- 

 fluence, 375; impression on fel- 

 low-workers, 376 sq. ; examina- 

 tions, 374; extra subjects, ib.; 

 monetary assistance offered, to 

 remain on School Board, 379; 

 sacrifices involved in, 380; urged 

 to stand for Parliament, ib. sq. ; 

 Secretary of the Royal Society, 

 383, ii. 120, and Appendix II.; on 

 Challenger Committee, i. 383; sci- 

 ence teaching for teachers, 384, 

 388, 405 sq. ; continues his edu- 

 cational campaign, 384 sq. ; ideal 

 of a State Church, 386; titles for 

 men of science, ib. (cp. ii. 175); 

 edits Science Primers, 387; micro- 

 scopes, 388, 389; at St. Andrews, 

 390 sq. ; holiday work, ib. ; plays 

 golf, ib. ; on strong language, ib. ; 

 breakdown of 1871, 393 sq. ; help 

 of friends, 394; examines stores 

 at Gibraltar, 395; at Tangier, 396; 

 in Egypt, 397 sq. ; further treat- 

 ment, 402; new teaching in bi- 

 ology, 405; view of, 408, 410; 

 changes the course, 409; writes 

 Elementary Instruction in Biology, 

 ib. ; new house in Maryborough 

 Place, 412 sq. ; lawsuit, 413; loan 

 from Tyndall, 415; mixed classes 

 in Anatomy, 416; Lord Rector of 

 Aberdeen, 417; trip to the Au- 

 vergne, 420 sqq. ; as travelling 

 companion, 421 (cp. ii. 26) ; geo- 



