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for the time being ; indeed, it was not until June that 

 he was strong enough to go abroad. A few months 

 later, however, he was sufficiently well to walk ten 

 miles and climb two thousand feet. 



In 1889 he was engaged in considerable corre- 

 spondence in defence of agnosticism. His two 

 youngest daughters were married during this year 

 also, and this enabled Huxley to leave London more 

 easily and take up his residence at Eastbourne — 

 a climate which suited him admirably. Here he 

 built a house near Beachy Head, and with improv- 

 ing health came the desire to be once more working. 

 Hence sprang liis article in the Nineteenth Century 

 on " Agnosticism and the Value of Testimony to 

 the IVIiraculous." To these rephes were made by 

 Dr. Wace and Bishop Magee amongst others, which 

 in turn drew from Huxley his third article, " Agnos- 

 ticism and Christianity." Four essays on political 

 philosophy appeared in the early numbers of the 

 Nineteenth Century in 1889, and drew forth criticisms 

 from all kinds of people. 



Early in 1890 he left England for Teneriffe and 

 Madeira, returning home to find that the medal of 

 the Linnean Society had been awarded to him. 



In 1890 once more we find Huxley in controversy 

 ' with Mr. Gladstone. This followed upon the pubh- 

 cation of Mr. Gladstone's article in Good Words, 

 which attacked Huxley's positions. The press about 

 this time was very rarely free from correspondence 

 on one or other aspects of this conti'oversy of Huxley's, 

 and the columns of The Times contained many such 

 letters of this date. Indeed, the early part of 1892 

 is principally marked by further controversies in 

 connection with the story of Creation in the book 



