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reference in strong terms to their teaching for money, but I should like to 
know how, if they taught the common subjects of the day, they could have 
existed unless they had taken money for their teaching. I will now draw 
attention to another fact which I wish Mr. Reddie were here to explain. He 
has said that it is of great importance to quote Professor Huxley very closely, 
but he certainly does not do that. We ought to have most accurately the 
words of Professor Huxley 
Captain Fishbourne. — Mr. Reddie explained that it was a great misfor- 
tune that there was no reporter present, and also that Professor Huxley’s 
lecture was not in writing. 
Rev. C. A. Row. — At any rate, we are in danger of discussing what 
was not said. I will now draw attention to one paragraph of Mr. Reddie’s 
paper as an instance of want of care and accuracy on his part. He says 
(speaking of Professor Huxley) : “ He afterwards quotes Herodotus as saying — 
‘ that this Nile valley was once a great arm of the sea, filled up in process of 
time by mud brought down by the Nile — this great Nile valley, 1,200 miles 
long— filled up by mud forced down the Nile. And unless you are prepared 
to deny this condition of things, that in the time of J oseph, and long before, 
this Nile valley must have been essentially what it is now, ask yourselves 
what period of time this process of filling up this huge arm of the sea must 
have taken.’ ” Mr. Reddie quotes Professor Huxley as stating that Herodotus 
used these words, but I do not believe that Professor Huxley said anything 
of the kind. In fact, I would rather believe in the miracle of J anuarius’s 
blood than that Professor Huxley ever made such a statement. Can he 
believe for a moment that Joseph is mentioned in the second book of 
Herodotus ? I have been for many years head master of a grammar-school ; 
and, if any one of my boys had made such a statement in answer to a question, 
I should have made him write out the whole of the book until he met with 
the name of Joseph : and he certainly would have had to write the book to 
the end 
The Chairman.— What is quoted as having come from Professor Huxley 
is taken from the notes of a clergyman who was present, and I believe they 
were considered to be extremely accurate 
Rev. C. A. Row.— I cannot believe that Professor Huxley ever uttered 
such a piece of abominable nonsense 
The Chairman. — It is not said that he did mention the name of J oseph 
as occurring in Herodotus. 
Rev. C. A. Row.— That, at any rate, is the meaning of the sentence from 
its grammatical construction 
Dr. Irons. — Are we not quibbling about words ? There is not any pretence 
for imagining that in that passage Joseph is mentioned as being alluded to 
by Herodotus. 
Captain Fishbourne. — I was present, and I know what is intended by 
that passage. Mr. Reddie means that Professor Huxley quoted Herodotus as 
saying that the valley was filled up by mud brought down by the Nile at the 
time in which Joseph lived, but without mentioning the name of Joseph. 
