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lectures, his working-men's were greater. . . . He 

 gave the workmen of his best." 



Ml". G. W. Smalley gives liis impression of Huxley 

 in these words : " The square forehead, the square jaw, 

 the tense hnes of the mouth, the deep, flashing dark 

 eyes, the impression of something more than strength 

 he gave you, an impression of sincerity and solid force, 

 of immovability, yet with the gentleness arising from 

 the serene consciousness of his strength — all this 

 belonged to Huxley, and to him alone. The first 

 glance magnetised his audience, the eyes were those 

 of one accustomed to command, of one having 

 authority, and not fearing on occasion to use it. . . . 

 He was masculine in everything — look, gesture, 

 speech. . . . He had the secret of the highest art 

 of all, whether in oratory or whatever else — he had 

 simplicity. The force was in the thought, in the 

 diction, and he needed no other." 



From these word-pictures from the pens of men 

 who knew him intimately one can gather very 

 clearly what manner of man he was. And it is no 

 wonder that all who heard him came under the 

 influence of his marvellous and dominating per- 

 sonality. Indeed, from the records that are left 

 and which are given by his son in his biography, 

 one is struck with the fact that the personality of 

 Huxley made the deepest impression upon those 

 who studied under him and worked with him, before 

 they themselves became prominent in science. 



Mr. Edward Clodd, in his biography of Huxley, 

 treats of him from five aspects, namely, the man, 

 the discoverer, the interpreter, the controversialist, 

 the constructor. Of these five sides to Huxley's 



