238 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY CHAP. XII 



naturalists' fund. Sectarianism in such matters is 

 ridiculous, and besides that, in this particular case it 

 is bad policy. For the word " Naturalist " unfortunately 

 includes a far lower order of men than chemist, physicist, 

 or mathematician. You don't call a man a mathematician 

 because he has spent his life in getting as far as quadratics 

 but every fool who can make bad species and worse 

 genera is a " Naturalist " ! save the mark ! Imagine 

 the chemists petitioning the Crown for a pension for 

 P if he wanted one ! and yet he really is a philo- 

 sopher compared to poor dear A . 



"Naturalists" therefore are far more likely to want 

 help than any other class of scientific men, and they 

 would be greatly damaging their own interests if they 

 formed an exclusive fund for themselves. Ever yours 

 faithfully, T. II. HUXLEY. 



