398 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY CHAP. XX 



Tyndall; but though he frequently acknowledged 

 his debt to Carlyle as the teacher who in his youth 

 had inspired him with his undying hatred of shams 

 and humbugs of every kind, and whom he had 

 gratefully come to know in after days, Carlyle did 

 not forgive the publication of Man's Place in Nature. 

 Years after, near the end of his life, my father saw 

 him walking slowly and alone down the opposite side 

 of the street, and touched by his solitary appearance, 

 crossed over and spoke to him. The old man looked 

 at him, and merely remarking, "You're Huxley, 

 aren't you 1 the man that says we are all descended 

 from monkeys," went on his way. 



On July 6 he writes to tell Darwin that he has 

 lodged a memorial of his about the fossils at the 

 Gallegos river, which was to be visited by the 

 Nassau 1 exploring ship, with the hydrographer 

 direct, instead of sending it in to the Lords of the 

 Admiralty, who would only have sent it on to the 

 hydrographer. This letter he heads "Country 

 orders executed with accuracy and despatch." 



The following letter to Charles Kingsley explains 

 itself 



JERMYN STREET, April 12, 1866. 



MY DEAR KINGSLEY I shall certainly do myself the 

 pleasure of listening to you when you preach at the Royal 

 Institution. I wonder if you are going to take the line 

 of showing up the superstitions of men of science. 

 Their name is legion, and the exploit would be a telling 



1 Cp. p. 449. 



