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some ten years of activity left in me, and you may 

 depend upon it I shall lose no chance of striking a blow 

 for the cause I have at heart I thought the time had 

 come the other day at the Society of Arts, and the event 

 proves I was not mistaken. The animal is moving, and 

 by a judicious exhibition of carrots in front and kicks 

 behind, we shall get him into a fine trot presently. In 

 the meantime do not let the matter rest. . . . The (City) 

 companies should be constantly reminded that a storm is 

 brewing. There are excellent men among them, who 

 want to do what is right, and need help against the 

 sluggards and reactionaries. It will be best for me to 

 be quiet for a while, but you will understand that I am 

 watching for the turn of events. I am, yours very faith- 

 fully, T. H. HUXLEY. 



This summer, too, he delivered a course on Biology 

 for Teachers at South Kensington, and published 

 not only his American Addresses, but also the Physio- 

 graphy, founded upon the course delivered seven 

 years before. The book, of which 3386 copies were 

 sold in the first six weeks, was fruitful in two ways ; 

 it showed that a geographical subject could be 

 invested with interest, and it set going what was 

 almost a new branch of teaching in natural science, 

 even in Germany, the starting place of most educa- 

 tional methods, where it was immediately proposed 

 to^ bring out an adaptation of the book, substituting, 

 e.g. the Elbe for the Thames, as a familiar example of 

 river action. 



He was immensely pleased by a letter from Mr. 

 John Morley, telling how his step-son, a boy of non- 

 bookish tastes, had been taken with it. "My step- 



