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much better for you, and I believe for Mrs. Morley, than the 

 atmosphere of the melancholy main, the effects of which on the 

 human constitution have been so well expounded by that emi- 

 nent empiric, Dr. Dizzy. 



Anyhow, I wish we could see something of you now and 

 then. — Ever yours very faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



Darwin got his degree with great eclat on Saturday. I had 

 to return thanks for his health at the dinner of the Philosophical 

 Society ; and oh ! I chaffed the dons so sweetly. 



4 Marlborough Place, N.W., JVov. 27, 1877. 



My dear Morley— You shall have both the articles — if it is 

 only that I may enjoy the innocent pleasure of Knowles' face 

 when I let him know what has become of them. 



Stormy ocean, forsooth ! I back the storm and rain through 

 which I came home to-night against anything London-super- 

 mare has to show. 



I will send the MS. to Virtue as soon as it is in a reasonable 

 state. — Ever yours very faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



4 Marlborough Place, N.W.,/a«. 8, 1878. 



My dear Morley — Many thanks for the cheque. In my 

 humble judgment it is quite as much as the commodity is worth. 



It was a great pleasure to us all to have you with us on New 

 Year's Day. My wife claims it as her day, and I am not sup- 

 'posed to know anything about the guests except Spencer and 

 Tyndall. None but the very elect are invited to the sacred 

 feast — so you see where you stand among the predestined who 

 cannot fall away from the state of grace. 



I have not seen Spencer in such good form and good humour 

 combined for an age. 



I am working away at Harvey, and will send the MS. to 

 Virtue's as soon as I am sufiSciently forward. — Ever yours very 

 faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



4 Marlborough Place, Dec. 9, 1877. 



My dear Tyndall — I am so sorry to have been out when 

 Mrs. Tyndall called to-day. By what we heard at the .«■ on 

 Thursday, I imagined you were practically all right again, or I 

 should have been able to look after you to-day. 



But what I bother you with this note for is to beg you not to 

 lecture at the London Institution to-morrow, but to let me 



