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people who do not like it hit hard. The beast has no 

 li rains, but yon can knock the heart out of him. — Ever 

 yours very truly, T. H. Huxley. 



4 Maelborough Place, 



Jan. 9, 1888. 



My dear Donnelly — Here is my proof. Will you 

 mind running your eye over it ? 



The article is long, and partly for that reason and 

 partly because the general public wants principles rather 

 than details, I have condensed the practical half. 



H. Spencer and "Jus" will be in a white rage with 

 me. — Ever yours very faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



To Professor Frankland, February 6 : — 



I am glad you like my article. There is no doubt it 

 is rather like a tadpole, with a very big head and a 

 rather thin tail. But the subject is a ticklish one to 

 deal with, and I deliberately left a good deal suggested 

 rather than expressed. 



Casalini, West Ct.iff, Bottunemouth, 

 Feb. 9, 1888. 



My dear Donnelly — No ! I don't think softening 

 has begun yet — vide " Nature " this week.^ I am glad 

 you found the article worth a second go. I took a vast 

 of trouble (as the country folks say) about it. I am 

 afraid it has made Spencer very angry — but he knows I 

 think he has been doing mischief this long time. 



Bellows to mend ! Bellows to mend ! I am getting 

 veiy tired of it. If I walk two or three miles, however 



^ Nature (xxxvii. 337) for February 9, 1888 : review of his 

 article in the Nineteenth Centnnj on the "Industrial Struggle for 

 Existence." 



