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phlet On the Limits of Philosophical Inquiry is quoted ; and 

 I have, here and there, endeavoured to express my meaning 

 more fully and clearly than I seein to have done in speak- 

 ing if I may judge by sundry criticisms upon what Iam 

 supposed to have said, which have appeared. But in sub- 

 stance, and, so far as my recollection serves, in form, what 

 is here written corresponds with what was there said." Hux- 

 ley- 



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Firmer whale : a name given to a whale which has a dor- 

 sal fin. A Fimier whale commonly measures from 60 to 90 

 feet in length. A fortiori : with stronger reason : still more 

 conclusively. 



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well-known epigram : from Goethe's Venetianische Epi- 

 gramme. The following is a translation of the passage : 

 Why do the people push each other and shout ? They want 

 to work for their living, bring forth children ; and feed them 

 as well as they possibly can. . . . No man can attain to 

 more, however much he may pretend to the contrary. 



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Maelstroms : a celebrated whirlpool or violent current in 

 the Arctic Ocean, near the western coast of Norway, be- 

 tween the islands of Moskeniiso and Moskeu, formerly sup- 

 posed to suck in and destroy everything that approached it 

 at any time, but now known not to be dangerous except 

 under certain conditions. Century Dictionary. Cf . also Poe's 

 Descent into the Maelstrom. Milne-Edwards (1800-1885) : 

 a French naturalist. His Elements de Zoologie won him a 

 great reputation. 



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with such qualifications as arises : a typographical 

 error. 



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De Bary (1831-1888) : a German botanist noted espe- 

 cially for his researches in cryptogamic botany. 

 No Man's Land: Huxley probably intends no specific geo- 

 graphical reference. The expression is common as a desig- 

 nation of some remote and unfrequented locality. 



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Kuhne (1837-1900) : a German physiologist and professor 

 of science at Amsterdam and Heidelberg. 

 Debemur morti nos nostraque : Horace Ars Poetica, 

 line 63. 



As forests change their foliage year by year, 

 Leaves, that come first, first fall and disappear ; 

 So antique words die out, and in their room, 



