20 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY chap, i 



free in thought and deed must not hanker after the rewards, if 

 they are to be so called, which the world offers to those who 

 put up with its fetters. 



Thus, however I look at the proposal it seems to me to be 

 a profound mistake, and I can have nothing to do with it. 



I shall be deeply grieved if this resolution is ascribed to any 

 other motives than those which I have set forth at more length 

 than I intended. — Ever yours very faithfully, 



T. H. Huxley. 



