16 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY 



1841 



Jan. 7. Came to Rotherhithe. 1 



June 20. What have I done in the way of acquiring 

 knowledge since January ? 

 Projects begun 



1. German V , , 



Ho be learnt. 



2. Italian j 



3. To read Muller's Physiology, 



4. To prepare for the Matriculation Examination 



at London University which requires know- 

 ledge of : 



(a) Algebra Geometry ) did not begin to read 

 (6) Natural Philosophy j for this till ApriL 



(c) Chemistry. 



(d) Greek Latin. 



(e) English History down to end of seventeenth 



century. 



(/) Ancient History. 

 English Grammar. 



5. To make copious notes of all things I read. 



Projects completed 



1. Partly. 2. Not at all. 3 and 5, stuck to these 



pretty closely. 

 4. (e) Read as far as Henry III. in Hume. 



(a) Evolution and involution. 



(b) Refraction of light Polarisation partly. 



(c) Laws of combination must read them over 



again. 



(d) Nothing. 

 (/) Nothing. 



I must get on faster than this. I must adopt a fixed 

 plan of studies, for unless this is done I find time slips 



1 See Chap. II. 



