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served on the Royal Commission on this subject. 

 In 1875, also, he delivered the course of lectures on 

 Natural History at Edinburgh University, o'wang to 

 the absence of Professor Thomson, In the following 

 year he was again in Edinburgh, and subsequently 

 sailed for America, where he met with a most cordial 

 reception. This visit also enabled him to see liis 

 sister, who lived in that country. He deHvered the 

 opening address of the Johns Hopkins University at 

 Baltimore, and then went to New York, where he 

 gave three lectures on evolution, reaching England 

 in time for his autumn work. 



The year 1877 found Huxley delivering lectures 

 and addresses on many different subjects, but especi- 

 ally connected with technical education, in connection 

 with which he gave a course of lectures at South 

 Kensington for teachers. He was also busy with 

 the Scottish Universities Commission, of which he 

 was a member. 



In 1878 he was employed on a Life of Harvey, and, 

 in a lecture on this subject, showed that the dis- 

 coverer of the circulation of the blood employed 

 methods of vivisection, and incidentally drew atten- 

 tion to Bacon's ignorance of science. He was present 

 at the British Association meeting in Dublin, re- 

 ceiving the degree of LL.D. from the University. 

 The following year was occupied with very similar 

 work, but was, in addition, marked by his researches 

 upon dogs and the problems connected with them, 

 which, however, were never finally completed in 

 book form. 



From preceding paragraphs it will have been seen 

 that more and more, as the years went on, Huxley's 

 time and energies were being largely absorbed by his 



