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opinions of an opponent is the most prominent feature of his con- 

 troversial method," 



A much more bitter controversy in regard to the 

 Salvation Army, in which Huxley took part, began in the 

 Times towards the end of the year, but an account of this 

 may for the moment be postponed. 



The November number of the Nineteenth Century con- 

 tained his last contribution to pure science, entitled " On 

 the Aryan Question" (Colh Essays, vii, p. 271). To 

 eliminate any suspicion of personal predilection, he 

 humorously remarks : — 



" The combination of swarthiness with stature above the 

 average and a long slcull, confer upon me the serene impartiality 

 of a mongrel." 



He is inclined to admit that the " primitive Aryans " 

 were a distinct race, and favours, for working purposes, 

 a modification of Latham's Sarmatian hypothesis as 

 against the older Hindoo-Koosh-Pamir theory. The 

 probable cradle of the Aryan race is defined as including 

 " the higher parts and a good deal of the northern slopes 

 of Europe between the Ural and the German Ocean. . . ." 



Then follows an account of the physical characters of 

 the earliest known prehistoric inhabitants of Europe 

 known to science by their actual remains, as against still 

 more ancient races of which only the weapons, im- 

 plements, etc., now remain : — 



" As some writing of mine on the subject {i.e. Neanderthal 

 Man, etc., cf. pp. 65, 74] led to my occupation of a prominent 

 position among the belaboured dogs of that day, I have taken a 

 mild interest in watching the gradual rehabilitation of my old 

 friend of the Neanderthal among normal men, which has been 

 going on of late years." 



And finally the opinion is expressed that the Neander- 



