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every (Jepartment of human learning that he thought it 

 would be useful to bring this together in a connected 

 sketch of the whole subject. This he did, and sent it to 

 a secularist magazine, in which it appeared in 1866, under 

 the title of " The Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural." 

 He sent a copy to Huxley. 



To T. H. Huxley 



9 St. Mark's Crescent, RegenCs Park, N.W. 



November 22, 1866. 



Dear Huxley, — I have been writing a little on a new 

 branch of Anthropology, and as I have taken your name 

 in vain on the title-page I send you a copy. I fear you 

 will be much shocked, but I can't help it ; and before 

 finally deciding that we are all mad I hope you will come 

 and see some very curious phenomena which we can show 

 you, among friends only. We meet every Friday evening, 

 and hope you will come sometimes, as we wish for the 

 fullest investigation, and shall be only too grateful to you 

 or anyone else who will show us how and where we are 

 deceived. 



T. H. Huxley to A. R. Wallace 



[? November, 1866.] 



Dear Wallace, — I am neither shocked nor disposed to 

 issue a Commission of Lunacy against you. It may be all 

 true, for anything I know to the contrary, but really I can- 

 not get up any interest in the subject. I never cared for 

 gossip in my life, and disembodied gossip, such as these 

 worthy ghosts supply their friends with, is not more in- 

 teresting to me than any other. As for investigating the 

 matter, I have half-a-dozen investigations of infinitely 

 greater interest to me to which any spare time I may have 

 will be devoted. I give it up for the same reason I abstain 



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