NOTES 



AUTOBIOGRAPHY 



3. Bishop Butler. Author of the Analogy of Religion, 1736; and 

 hence "the great apologist" or defender of reHgion. 



pre-Boswellian. James Boswell, 1 740-1 795, gathered most of 

 the material for his famous Hfe of Dr. Johnson directly from con- 

 versations with the Doctor. 



Bene qui latuit, bene vixit. He who has kept himself well con- 

 cealed, has lived well. 



4. portents. Signs of evil to come, 



5. Apostle. Saint Thomas, called "The Doubter." 



6. baby-farm. A place to which are sent the infants of persons 

 who, for any reason, may be unable or unwilling to bring up their 

 own children. At these places the children are cared for according 

 to contract. The business bears an evil reputation. 



7. " sent out." Transported as a punishment for crime. 

 Australia was once a penal colony. 



in partibus infidelium. In the regions of unbelievers, i.e., in a 

 strange region. Huxley was never truly in sympathy with his work 

 as a physician. 



8. sweet south upon a bed of violets. Cf. Twelfth Night, I, 



i. 5- 



Lehrjahre. Apprenticeship. 



9. M. B. Bachelor of medicine. A degree not conferred in this 

 country. 



10. Haslar Hospital. A British naval hospital. 



12. Linnean Society. A scientific society in England which took 

 its name from the great Swedish botanist and naturalist Linnaeus, 

 1707-1778. 



Noah. At the time of the great flood, Noah sent forth a raven 

 to discover whether the waters had subsided, but the raven returned. 

 At intervals after that, he three times sent out a dove for the same 

 purpose, and the third time it failed to come back. — Genesis viii. 



Royal Society. See text beginning page 19. 



13. Pere Goriot. A remarkable novel by the famous French 

 writer, Balzac, 1 799-1850. 



k nous deux. The struggle lies between us; "we two for it." 



175, 



