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Agnosticism — Knowledge and Evidence — The Me- 

 thod of Agnosticism. 



CHAPTER XV 



THE BIBLE AND MIRACLES 245 



Why Huxley Came to Write about the Bible — A Magna 

 Charta of the Poor — ^The Theological Use of the Bible 

 — The Doctrine of Biblical Infallibility — The Bible and 

 Science — The Three Hypotheses of the Earth's History 



— Changes in the Past Proved — The Creation Hy- 

 pothesis — Gladstone on Genesis — Genesis not a Record 

 of Fact — The Hypothesis of Evolution — The New Tes- 

 tament — Theory of Inspiration — Reliance on the 

 Miraculous — The Continuity of Nature no a priori 

 Argument against Miracles — Possibilities and Impos- 

 sibilities — Miracles a Question of Evidence — Praise of 

 the Bible. 



CHAPTER XVI 



ETHICS OF THE COSMOS 26 1 



Conduct and Metaphysics — Conventional and Critical 

 Minds — Good and Evil — Huxley's Last Appearance at 

 Oxford — The Ethical Process and the Cosmic Process 



— Man's Intervention-^ The Cosmic Process Evil- 

 Ancient Reconciliations — Modern Acceptance of the 

 Difficulties — Criticism of Huxley's Pessimism — Man 

 and his Ethical Aspirations Part of the Cosmos. 



CHAPTER XVII 



CLOSING DAYS AND SUMMARY .... 275 



Huxley's Life in London — Decennial Periods — Ill- 

 health — Retirement to Eastbourne — Death — Personal 

 Appearance — Methods of Work — Personal Character- 

 istics — An Inspirer of Others — His Influence in Science 

 — A Naturalist by Vocation — His Aspirations. 



Index 287 



