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Huxley’s life work extended over so wide a range, and was 
of such high character, that no one man now living is quali- 
fied to place a true estimate upon it. The more important of 
his published works are as follows: Oceanic Hydrozoa, 1859 ; 
On the theory of the vertebrate skull, 1859; Evidence as to 
man’s place in nature, 1863; Elementary physiology, 1866; 
On the physical basis of life, 1868; Introduction to the classi- 
fication of animals, 1869; Lay sermons, 1870; Manual of the 
anatomy of vertebrated animals, 1871; Critiques and addresses, 
1873 ; American addresses, 1877; Physiography, 1877; Manual 
of the anatomy of invertebrated animals, 1877; The crayfish, 
1879; Hume, 1879; Science and culture, 1852; Essays on 
some controverted questions, 1892; Evolution and ethics, 1893. 
A new edition of his more popular works, in nine volumes, 
with his latest notes and additions, was published in 1894. 
The limited space and time at my command have left little 
opportunity to say what I wish about Huxley himself. As I 
recall the hours spent with him, first of all the memory of his 
charming personality presents itself, and in this respect, no 
man I have ever met surpassed him. To go further and name 
his chief characteristics, I should place his ability, his honesty, 
and his courage, next in order. His marvellous ability no one 
will question. One qualified to judge has said, that, in his in- 
tellectual grasp, Huxley was the greatest man of the century. 
His honesty, in the broadest sense of the word, was the domi- 
nant feature of the man. His love of truth for its own sake, 
wherever it might lead him, was one of the strongest elements 
in his character, and this resulted not only in his well-known 
intellectual honesty, but also in his hatred of the opposite, 
wherever found. His courage, especially the courage of his 
convictions, is known to all, and has borne good fruits. Every 
man of science to-day is indebted to Huxley for no small part 
of the intellectual freedom he enjoys. 
- Huxley was especially fortunate in his home life, and a hap- 
pier family circle | have never known. Mrs. Huxley, whom 
he won in his student days, was a most charming companion 
and helpmate in all his work, while his two sons and four 
daughters are all worthy of such a parentage. 
Huxley passed quietly away on the afternoon of June 29, at 
his home in Eastbourne, after an illness of several months, 
which came at the end of years of feeble health. He was 
buried July 4, in St. Marylebone Cemetery, East Finchley, 
where he wished to lie. His friends proposed an interment in 
Westminster Abbey, where Darwin was entombed, but his own 
wishes were respected. His works are his best monument. 
O. C. Marsa. 
Yale University, July 20th, 1895. 
