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are not quite so well up in the subject as yourself may 

 not have to rack their brains for an hour to supply all 

 the links of your chain of argument. . . . 



You see that I am in a carping humour, but the 

 matter of the essay seems to me to be so very valuable 

 that I am jealous of the manner of it. 



I had a long visit from Greene of Cork yesterday. He 

 is very Irish, but very intelligent and well-informed, and 

 I am in hopes he will do good service. He is writing a 

 little book on the Protozoa, which (so far as I have 

 glanced over the proof sheets as yet) seems to show a very 

 philosophical turn of mind. It is very satisfactory to find 

 the ideas one has been fighting for beginning to take root. 



I do not suppose my own personal contributions to 

 science will ever be anything very grand, but I shall be 

 well content if I have reason to believe that I have done 

 something to stir up others. Ever yours faithfully, 



T. H. HUXLEY. 



To the same : 



April, 1859. 



MY DEAR HOOKER ... I pity you as for the MSS. 

 it is one of those cases for which penances were originally 

 devised. What do you say to standing on your head in 

 the garden for one hour per diem for the next week ? 

 It would be a relief. . . . 



I suppose you will be at the Phil. Club next Monday. 

 In the meanwhile don't let all the flesh be worried off 

 your bones (there isn't much as it is). Ever yours 

 faithfully, T. H. HUXLEY. 



14 WAVERLEY PLACE, 



July 29, 1859. 



MY DEAR HOOKER I meant to have written to you 

 yesterday, but things put it out of my head. If there is 

 to be any fund raised at all, I am quite of your mind 

 that it should be a scientific fund and not a mere 



