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legomena " was added the following year to the reprint 

 of the lecture included in Vol. IX. of the Collected 

 Essays (p. i), and this is longer than the lecture itself. 

 Its final paragraph runs : — 



" That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle 

 to maintain and improve, in opposition to the State of Nature, 

 the State of Art of an organized polity ; in which, and by 

 which, man may develop a worthy civilization, capable of main- 

 taining and constantly improving itself, until the evolution of the 

 globe shall have entered so far upon its downward course that 

 the cosmic process resumes its sway ; and, once more, the State 

 of Nature prevails over the surface of our planet." 



A month at Maloja in the summer went far to remove 

 the after effect of influenza. In the course of numerous 

 visits Huxley had become the centre of a circle of warm 

 friends and admirers, who afterwards caused a block of 

 granite to be placed as a memorial by the side of one of 

 his favourite walks, with the following inscription : — 



" In memory of the illustrious English Writer and Naturalist, 

 Thomas Henry Huxley, who spent many summers at the 

 Kursaal, Maloja." 



The happiness of the year was later on marred by the 

 deaths of three intimate friends. Sir Andrew Clark, 

 Jowett, and Tyndall, and the complete breakdown in 

 health of Romanes. The loss of Tyndall, more a brother 

 than a friend, was felt with singular acuteness. Huxley 

 attended the funeral at Haslemere on December 9, and 

 wrote an appreciation for the Nineteenth Century. 



Before leaving 1893, '^ must be noticed that the work 

 of the year included editing and writing prefaces to 

 Vols. II. III. IV. and V. of the Collected Essays, respec- 

 tively entitled — Darwiniana, Science and Education, Science 

 and Hebrew Tradition, and Science and Christian Tradition. 



