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an organized society, and to man as " Nature's rebel," 

 with deeply implanted ethical and religious sentiments, 

 waging continual war against the stern realities of the 

 cosmic process. 



Huxley's researches as a comparative anatomist and 

 embryologist would alone entitle him to a conspicuous 

 place among his contemporaries. And when to this we 

 add his championship of evolution, his labours in the cause 

 of education, his contributions to sociology and ethics, he 

 stands, an unique figure, among those who brought 

 about that Scientific Renascence for which the Nineteenth 

 Century will be memorable as long as the human race 

 endures. 



