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p, 251), given at the Midland Institute, Birmingham, on 

 October 9, is of special interest, for it gives an account 

 of the educational policy which Huxley had so strenu- 

 ously urged upon the London School Board. It includes 

 a defence of educational progress for the benefit of the 

 masses, and recognizes that training of the intellect is not 

 the only thing at which to aim : — 



" Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self- 

 respect, are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady, 

 as distinguished from the veneered article, which commonly 

 goes by that name." 



Locke's definition, " The end of Government is the 

 good of mankind," is accepted, and the conclusion 

 reached that the Government is justified in undertaking 

 to educate the people. 



Discourses at the Royal Institution (May 12 and 19) 

 entitled " Berkeley on Vision," and " Metaphysics of 

 Sensation" (Coll. Essays, vi, 243) would seem to have 

 been suggested by the recent appearance of Eraser's 

 edition of Berkeley's works. 



The most important lecture development of the year, 

 however, consisted in a summer course for teachers on 

 Biology, tuith practical -work, an entirely new departure. 

 In this course he was assisted by E. Ray Lankester. It 

 is relevant to mention here that from 1870 to 1875, 

 Huxley was a member of a Royal Commission on Scientific 

 Instruction and the Advancement of Science. 



An essay on "Yeast" (Sci. Mem., iii, xxxviii, p. 608. 

 Coll. Essays, viii, p. 1 10), published in the Contemporary 

 Review for December, is a part of the work on lower 

 forms of life, to which Huxley had been devoting much 

 attention {cf. pp. 109-10). It gives a very interesting his- 

 torical account of the growth of our knowledge in regard 

 to alcoholic fermentation. A quotation is given from 



