i867 FULLERIAN LECTURESHIP 



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He found a substitute for 1868, the last year of the 

 triennial course, in Dr. (now Sir) Michael Foster. i)i his 

 final lectures in 1867 he used to tell a story against him- 

 self. 



In my early period as a lecturer, I had very little confidence 

 in my general powers, but one thing I prided myself upon was 

 clearness. I was once talking of the brain before a large mixed 

 audience, and soon began to feel that no one in the room under- 

 stood me. Finally I saw the thoroughly interested face of a 

 woman auditor, and took consolation in delivering the remainder 

 of the lecture directly to her. At the close, my feeling as to her 

 interest was confirmed when she came up and asked if she might 

 put one question upon a single point which she had not quite 

 understood. " Certainly," I replied. " Now, Professor," she 

 said, " is the cerebellum inside or outside the skull ? " (Remi- 

 niscences of T. H. Huxley, by Professor H. Fairfield Osborn). 



Dr. Foster used to add maliciously, that disgust at the 

 small impression he seemed to have made was the true 

 reason for the transference of the lectures. 



