NOTES 



Charing Cross School of Medicine : a school connected 

 with the Charing Cross Hospital in the Strand, London. 



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Nelson : Horatio Nelson, a celebrated English Admiral 

 born in Norfolk, England, 1758, and died on board the Vic- 

 tory at Trafalgar, 1805. It was before the battle off Cape 

 Trafalgar that Nelson hoisted his famous signal, " England 

 expects every man will do his duty." Cf. Tennyson's Ode to 

 the Duke of Wellington, stanza VI, for a famous tribute to 

 Nelson. 



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middies: abbreviated form for midshipmen. 

 Suites a Buffon : sequels to Buffon. Buffon (1707-1781) 

 was a French naturalist who wrote many volumes on science. 

 Linnean Society : a scientific society formed in 1788 un- 

 der the auspices of several fellows of the Royal Society. 

 Royal Society : The Royal Society for Improving Nat- 

 ural Knowledge; the oldest scientific society in Great Brit- 

 ain, and one of the oldest in Europe. It was founded by 

 Charles II, in 1660, its nucleus being an association of learned 

 men already in existence. It is supposed to be identical with 

 the Invisible College which Boyle mentions in 1646. It was 

 incorporated under the name of The Royal Society in 1661. 

 The publications of the Royal Society are called Philosophi- 

 cal Transactions. The society has close connection with the 

 government, and has assisted the government in various im- 

 portant scientific undertakings among which may be men- 

 tioned Parry's North Pole expedition. The society also 

 distributes 20,000 yearly for the promotion of scientific 

 research. 



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Rastignac : a character in Le Pere Goriot. At the close of 

 the story Rastignac says, " A nous deux, maintenant " : 

 Henceforth there is war between us. 



Pere Goriot : a novel of Balzac's with a plot similar to 

 King Lear. 



Professor Tyndall (1820-1893): a distinguished British 

 physicist and member of the Royal Society. He explored 

 with Huxley the glaciers of Switzerland. His work in elec- 

 tricity, radiant heat, light and acoustics gave him a fore- 

 most place in science. 



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Ecclesiastical spirit : the spirit manifested by the clergy 

 of England in Huxley's time against the truths of science. 

 The clergy considered scientific truth to be disastrous to 

 religious truth. Huxley's attitude toward the teaming of 

 religious truth is illuminated by this quotation, which he 

 uses to explain his own position : " I have the fullest conn- 



