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what may not have happened to him, but I shall assume 

 that you are a benedict, and send my own and my wife's 

 and all the happy family's good wishes accordingly. May 

 you have as good a wife and as much a " happy family " 

 as I have, though I would advise you the hardness of 

 the times being considered to be satisfied with fewer 

 than seven members thereof. 



I hear excellent accounts of the progress of the Station 

 from Lankester, and I hope that it is now set on its legs 

 permanently. As for the English contribution, you must 

 look upon it simply as the expression of the hearty 

 goodwill of your many friends in the land of fogs, and of 

 our strong feeling that where you had sacrificed so much 

 for the cause of science, we were, as a matter of duty, 

 quite apart from goodwill to you personally bound to 

 do what we could, each according to his ability. 



Darwin is, in all things, noble and generous one of 

 those people who think it a privilege to let him help. I 

 know he was very pleased with what you said to him. 

 He is working away at a new edition of the Descent of 

 Man, for which I have given him some notes on the 

 brain question. 



And apropos of that, how is your own particular 



brain ? I back la belle M against all the physicians 



in the world even against mine own particular ^Escu- 

 lapius, Dr. Clark to find the sovereignest remedy against 

 the blue devils. 



Let me hear from you most abominable of corre- 

 spondents as I am. And why don't you send Madame's 

 photograph that you have promised ? Ever yours very 

 faithfully, 



T. H. HUXLEY. 



Pray give my kind remembrances to your father. 



