INDEX 



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come a physiologist, 202 ; writes 

 on the Cell Theory and the Skull, 

 203 ; ill-health during the titties, 

 206 ; tour in Switzerland, 207 sq. ; 

 ascends Mont Blanc, 210, 229 ; 

 work on glaciers, 207, 211 ; ap- 

 parent desultoriness of his 

 earlier work, 214 ; balance-sheet 

 of work in 1857, 213 ; begins 

 the systematic consultation of 

 foreign writers, 214 ; recognition 

 abroad, 215 ; birth of his son 

 Noel, 217 ; his aim in life, ib. ; 

 death of his son, 218 ; position 

 in 1S5S, 227 ; ambition, 228 ; 

 translation and lecturing, 229; 

 money and marriage, 233 ; 

 paleontology and anatomy, 234 ; 

 loss of priority through delay 

 of "Oceanic Hydrozoa," 235; 

 his personal contributions to 

 science, 237 ; effect on him of 

 the Ongiii, 239 sqq. • " anti-pro- 

 gressive confession of faith," 

 240 ; one of the decisive critics 

 of the Origin, ib. ; " general 

 agent " to Darwin, 247, 398 ; 

 nature of his support of Darwin, 

 247 ; as Darwin's bulldog, ii. 02 ; 

 descent of man, 248, 257 ; takes 

 up ethnology, 286 ; his phil- 

 osophy of life, 316 ; ii. 132 ; love 

 of philosophy, i. 330 ; early life, 

 318 ; moves to Abbey Place, 325 ; 

 his handwriting, 331, 418 ; ii. 

 1S7 ; on matrimony, i. 333, 417, 

 420 ; children, 441 ; iii. 89, 128 ; 

 " Happy Family," i. 419 ; fond- 

 ness for music, 334 ; health, 337 ; 

 expedition to Switzerland, ib. ; 

 Hunterian Lectures, 339, 449 ; 

 the British Museum, 357 (cp. 

 iii. 61) controversy, i. 302 ; ii. 

 231, 241 ; iii. 179 ; exhilarating 

 effect of controversy, ii. 420, 427, 

 436, 470 ; not inconsistent with 

 friendship, ii. 94 ; iii. 37 (cp. ii. 

 285) ; reputation, i. 361, 362 (cp. 

 ii. Ill) ; ethnological work, 379 ; 

 vein of laziness, 3S8 ; appealed 

 to on point of honour, 3SS, 3S9 ; 

 science course for International 

 College, 389 sq. ; on Indian an- 

 thropological scheme, 394 sq. ; 

 Edinburgh degree, 397 ; the 

 writing of elementary books, 

 409 ; Elementary Physiology, ib. ; 

 incident at a working - men's 

 lecture, 413; trip to Brittany, 

 414 ; anecdote of the cerebellum, 



423 ; on " eating the leek," 428 ; 

 rapidity of thought, ib. ; inlluence 

 01 his style, 429 ; the moralities 

 of criticism, 433, 439 ; a good 

 book and fools, 433 

 turning-point in his career, 1870, 

 ii. 1 ; popular view of, about 



1870, 2 ; effect of Lay Sermons, 

 3 ; growing pressure of official 

 work, 3 sq.; (cp. Ill, 289); 

 dubbed "Pope" by the Spectator, 

 7 ; on evolution of the horse, 9 ; 

 influence of Descartes, and 

 scientific Calvinism, 10 (cp. i. 

 164) ; visits the Eifel, 12 ; his 

 degree of D.C.L. opposed, 13 ; 

 President British Association, 

 14 ; work on micro - organisms 

 and spontaneous generation, ib. 

 sq.; continued work on micro- 

 organisms, 185 ; on savagery, 

 19 ; visits the slums, 20 ; 

 presentation to, ib. ; commerce 

 the civiUser, 21 ; attacks on his 

 Addi-ess, 21 ; stands for the 

 School Board, 23 sq. ; his pro- 

 gramme, 25 sq. ; opposes pro- 

 posal to open meetings with 

 prayer, 28 ; on Education Com- 

 mittee, 29 ; religious and secu- 

 lar teaching, 31 sq. ; letters on 

 the compromise and an "in- 

 criminated lesson," 33 sqq. ; re- 

 port of Education Committee, 

 37 sq. ; speech on Ultramon- 

 tanism, 40 sq. ; his lasting in- 

 fluence, 42 ; impression on 

 fellow- workers, 43 sg. ; examina- 

 tions, 39 ; extra subjects, ib. ; 

 monetary assistance ofl'ered, to 

 remain on School Board, 47 ; 

 sacrifices involved in, 47, 48; 

 urged to stand for Parliament, 

 47 sq. ; Secretary of the Royal 

 Society, 51, 421, and Appendix 

 II. ; on Challenger Committee, 

 51 ; science teaching for teachers, 

 52, 59, 81 sq. ; continues his 

 educational campaign, 52 sq. ; 

 ideal of a State Church, 55 ; 

 titles for men of science, ib. (cp. 

 iii. 22) ; edits Science Primers, 

 57 ; microscopes, 58, 60 ; at St. 

 Andrews, 60 sq. ; holiday work, 

 61 ; plays golf, ib. ; on strong 

 language, ib. ; breakdo^\^l of 



1871, 64 sq. ; help of friends, 66 ; 

 examines stores at Gibraltar, 68 ; 

 at Tangier, 70 ; in Egypt, 70 sq. ; 

 further treatment, 77 ; new 



