Chapter 15

Horse,68-78,174Hospitals in London,181Howes, Professor G.B.,173,174,207,277Humboldt,92Hume, David,217,218,223,240,255,256Hume, David, quotations from,223,241,256Humour,209Hunterian Professor,129Hutton, James,81,249Huxley, birth,2;parents,2,3;school,4;apprenticed to medicine,5;enters Charing Cross Hospital,8;first original paper,9;graduates at London University,10;becomes M.R.C.S.,11;appointed to Haslar Hospital,11;appointed toRattlesnake,12;meets his future wife at Sydney,19;first paper to Royal Society,33;Royal medals,34;becomes F.R.S.,47;leaves naval service,48;appointed to Geological Survey and School of Mines,63;becomes Fullerian Professor,64;marriage,64;examiner,65;Croonian lecturer,66;visits America,70;becomes Secretary and President of Geological Society,78;accepts Darwinism,101;receives Darwin medal,108;becomes Hunterian Professor,129;starts laboratory courses at South Kensington,180;becomes candidate for London School Board,189;serves on Royal Commissions,196,204;becomes member of Her Majesty's Privy Council,205;marriage,274;ill-health and retirement,276;death,277;personal appearance,277Huxley's layer in root-sheath of hairs,10Hydra,50Hypothesis as to History of Nature,248,249IIchthyopsida,143Idealism,220,224Ideals and culture,186Indian speculation,269Individuality of animals,49,50,51,52,55Infallibility,123,236Inspiration,246,247,253,254Instincts,154Intellect,243Intermediate and linear types,87International Scientific Series,173Invertebrata, Manual of,175Ionia,169Israel,245JJermyn Street lectures to working men,207Johnson, Samuel,219Judaism and science,246Justice,265,269,271,273KKant,84,242,262Karma,269Kelvin, Lord,84Knowledge and authority,104,105Kölliker,49,59Kowalevsky,57LLaboratory work,177,179,180Labyrinthodonts,69Lamarck,90,91,97Lamarckism and Darwinism,94,97Languages, modern,6,7Lankester, Professor E. Ray,57,60,94,180,277,282Larvæ,158Latin,186,213Law-courts and evidence,231Lawrence, Sir W.,144Lectures at the School of Mines,180Lemurs,163Leutemann,153Leverrier,209Leviticus,245Liberal education,228Life, origin of,227,228Limbs of Man and Gorilla,162Linear and intermediate types,87Linnæan Society of London,33,49,115,138,145Linnæus,38,234Literary culture,186Literary Gazette,48Literary style,211,212,213,214,215Literature, the Bible as,254Liverpool,169Living bodies, nature of,228Locke,224Lockyer, Sir Norman,211London, medical education in,181London, school board of,189Loyola,262Loxomma,69Lucas, Mr.,113Luther,262Lyell, Sir Charles,81,91,98,144,234,249Lyonet,173MMacGillivray, John,16,17,282MacGillivray, William,16,100Macmillan and Co.,171Magna Charta, the Bible as,245Mammalia, classification of,142Man and the Apes,155Man, classification of,146Man and Gorilla,161Man, origin of,144Man and the Apes,165Man's Place in Nature,147,148Manes and Manicheism,265Mantle of molluscs,58Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals,175Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals,175Marine embryos,176Marmosets,163Marriage,19,274Marsh, Professor,70-78Marsupials,141Mason, Sir Josiah,185Materialism,217,220,222,225,227Matter and ideas,224Matter, nature of,219-221Matthew, Patrick,100Mauritius,18Medical education,167,181,184Medical students,181,279Medusæ,33,39,40,41,42,96,123Membrane bones,134Mental capacity of apes,152Mercy,265Mertens,56Mesohippus,77Metals, transmutation of,257Metaphysics,241Metaphysics and science,217Metatheria,142Methods in histology,177Microscope,32,176Microtomes,177Milton,213Mind and body,220Mind, growth of,210Miohippus,76Miracles,246,254-259Missionary spirit,262Mitral valve,175Mivart, Dr. St. George,246-248Modern spirit,241Modification of species,92Mollusca,56,58,59,60,61,96Morality and religion,237,238Morality of Stoics,238Morley, John,217,260Mosaic Deluge,235Moseley, Professor H.N.,15Mucous layer of germ,43Müller, Johannes,6,37,56Music,278NNaples, International Zoölogical Station at,176Naturalism,226Natural selection,94,99,100,103,105,124-127Nature, continuity of,255Nature, history of,248Nature, state of,266Nature,211Naval Architecture and Timber,100Nebular hypothesis,230Newman, Cardinal,240New Testament,253,254Nirvana,272Noah's Deluge,235Notochord,134Notogœa,140OOken,130,132,133Old Testament,90Omar,272Optimism,270Orangs,149Order of nature,255,258OrganicversusInorganic,229Organon,242Origin of species,89,95,101,102,110Origin of Species, reviews of,113,114,115,146Ormuzd,265Ornithology,136Ornithorhynchus,156Ornithoscelida,69Orohippus,77Orthodoxy,246Owen, Sir Richard,65,66,115,118-121,131,133,136,145,146,162Oxford,120,125,263,264Oxford, Bishop of,seeWilberforcePPain,268,270,271Palæontology and evolution,68,86Palæotherium,74Paley,230Pascal,122Payment of teachers by results,195Pelagic life,30,31Pelvis of man and gorilla,161Pentateuch,234,244Pessimism,270Phillips, Professor,69Philosophic Zoölogique,97,98Philosophy, Huxley's advice on,218Phosphorescence,55Physical education,189Physical geography,170Physicsof Aristotle,100Physiography,171Physiology,172Pigafetta,149Pigmies,149Pioneers of Evolution,127Plankton,30,31Plato's Archetypes,59Plato's philosophy,224Pliohippus,76"Portuguese man-of-war,"41,50Possibilities in logic,258Poulton, Professor E.B.,109,127Prayer, efficacy of,258Priestley, Joseph,239Primers of science,171Primitive groove,135Principles of Geology,234Professional education,183Protestantism,123,233,235,236Protestant churches and knowledge,247Protestants and the Bible,247Protohippus,74Protoplasm,52,228Prototheria,142Psychology,227Pterodactyls,69Pteropods,56Pyrosoma,55QQuarterly Journal of Microscopical Science,49Quarterly Review,115,116,117RRabbinical maxim of inspiration,247Radiata of Cuvier,38Rathke,65Ratites,137Rattlesnake, H.M.S.,13,20,21,46,282Reade lecture,146Reason, age of,239Reformation, New,284Reformation, Protestant,122,233Religion in education,188,191Religion and morality,237,238Religion and science,120,259Religion, teaching,191Results, payment by,195Retina and light,219Revelation,260Revolution, French,111Richardson, Sir John,12Rights of man,245Robertson, Charles,179Rolleston, Professor,152,153,266Romanes, Professor,152,153,263Romanes lecture,263Rome,247Roscoe, Professor,171Rosse, Earl of,34Royal College of Science,176,180,204,274,277Royal College of Surgeons,11,129,132Royal Commissions,204,274Royal Institution,49,52,62,64Royal Society,33,34,47,49,53,58,108,129,276Rutherford, Professor,180SSalisbury, Marquis of,125"Sally," the chimpanzee,153Salps,50,53,54,55,96Salt, Dr.,5Sauropsida,143Saururæ,136Savages,23,24,165Sawyer, Bob,184Scepticism,240Schematic mollusc,60School boards,188,189School of Mines,180Schwann,52Science and Art Department,195Science and culture,185Science and Judaism,246Science and medical education,184Science and metaphysics,217Science and religion,259Science and the Christian Tradition,248Science and the Hebrew Tradition,248Science primers,171Scientific education,168Sclater, P.L.,138,139,142Scottish universities,167Scriptures,246Section-cutting,177Secular education,191,194Sedgwick, Professor Adam,80,115Segmentation of eggs,157Segmentation of skull,133Selection and education,190Selective breeding,103Semite, ethics of,269Septuagint,251Serous layer of germ,43Sheldonian theatre,264Singing for children,193Skepsis, thätige, of Goethe,99Skull of vertebrates,65,129,130,131,132Socrates,243Southern hemisphere, former land in,141Speaking, public,208

Horse,68-78,174

Hospitals in London,181

Howes, Professor G.B.,173,174,207,277

Humboldt,92

Hume, David,217,218,223,240,255,256

Hume, David, quotations from,223,241,256

Humour,209

Hunterian Professor,129

Hutton, James,81,249

Huxley, birth,2;parents,2,3;school,4;apprenticed to medicine,5;enters Charing Cross Hospital,8;first original paper,9;graduates at London University,10;becomes M.R.C.S.,11;appointed to Haslar Hospital,11;appointed toRattlesnake,12;meets his future wife at Sydney,19;first paper to Royal Society,33;Royal medals,34;becomes F.R.S.,47;leaves naval service,48;appointed to Geological Survey and School of Mines,63;becomes Fullerian Professor,64;marriage,64;examiner,65;Croonian lecturer,66;visits America,70;becomes Secretary and President of Geological Society,78;accepts Darwinism,101;receives Darwin medal,108;becomes Hunterian Professor,129;starts laboratory courses at South Kensington,180;becomes candidate for London School Board,189;serves on Royal Commissions,196,204;becomes member of Her Majesty's Privy Council,205;marriage,274;ill-health and retirement,276;death,277;personal appearance,277

Huxley's layer in root-sheath of hairs,10

Hydra,50

Hypothesis as to History of Nature,248,249

Ichthyopsida,143

Idealism,220,224

Ideals and culture,186

Indian speculation,269

Individuality of animals,49,50,51,52,55

Infallibility,123,236

Inspiration,246,247,253,254

Instincts,154

Intellect,243

Intermediate and linear types,87

International Scientific Series,173

Invertebrata, Manual of,175

Ionia,169

Israel,245

Jermyn Street lectures to working men,207

Johnson, Samuel,219

Judaism and science,246

Justice,265,269,271,273

Kant,84,242,262

Karma,269

Kelvin, Lord,84

Knowledge and authority,104,105

Kölliker,49,59

Kowalevsky,57

Laboratory work,177,179,180

Labyrinthodonts,69

Lamarck,90,91,97

Lamarckism and Darwinism,94,97

Languages, modern,6,7

Lankester, Professor E. Ray,57,60,94,180,277,282

Larvæ,158

Latin,186,213

Law-courts and evidence,231

Lawrence, Sir W.,144

Lectures at the School of Mines,180

Lemurs,163

Leutemann,153

Leverrier,209

Leviticus,245

Liberal education,228

Life, origin of,227,228

Limbs of Man and Gorilla,162

Linear and intermediate types,87

Linnæan Society of London,33,49,115,138,145

Linnæus,38,234

Literary culture,186

Literary Gazette,48

Literary style,211,212,213,214,215

Literature, the Bible as,254

Liverpool,169

Living bodies, nature of,228

Locke,224

Lockyer, Sir Norman,211

London, medical education in,181

London, school board of,189

Loyola,262

Loxomma,69

Lucas, Mr.,113

Luther,262

Lyell, Sir Charles,81,91,98,144,234,249

Lyonet,173

MacGillivray, John,16,17,282

MacGillivray, William,16,100

Macmillan and Co.,171

Magna Charta, the Bible as,245

Mammalia, classification of,142

Man and the Apes,155

Man, classification of,146

Man and Gorilla,161

Man, origin of,144

Man and the Apes,165

Man's Place in Nature,147,148

Manes and Manicheism,265

Mantle of molluscs,58

Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals,175

Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals,175

Marine embryos,176

Marmosets,163

Marriage,19,274

Marsh, Professor,70-78

Marsupials,141

Mason, Sir Josiah,185

Materialism,217,220,222,225,227

Matter and ideas,224

Matter, nature of,219-221

Matthew, Patrick,100

Mauritius,18

Medical education,167,181,184

Medical students,181,279

Medusæ,33,39,40,41,42,96,123

Membrane bones,134

Mental capacity of apes,152

Mercy,265

Mertens,56

Mesohippus,77

Metals, transmutation of,257

Metaphysics,241

Metaphysics and science,217

Metatheria,142

Methods in histology,177

Microscope,32,176

Microtomes,177

Milton,213

Mind and body,220

Mind, growth of,210

Miohippus,76

Miracles,246,254-259

Missionary spirit,262

Mitral valve,175

Mivart, Dr. St. George,246-248

Modern spirit,241

Modification of species,92

Mollusca,56,58,59,60,61,96

Morality and religion,237,238

Morality of Stoics,238

Morley, John,217,260

Mosaic Deluge,235

Moseley, Professor H.N.,15

Mucous layer of germ,43

Müller, Johannes,6,37,56

Music,278

Naples, International Zoölogical Station at,176

Naturalism,226

Natural selection,94,99,100,103,105,124-127

Nature, continuity of,255

Nature, history of,248

Nature, state of,266

Nature,211

Naval Architecture and Timber,100

Nebular hypothesis,230

Newman, Cardinal,240

New Testament,253,254

Nirvana,272

Noah's Deluge,235

Notochord,134

Notogœa,140

Oken,130,132,133

Old Testament,90

Omar,272

Optimism,270

Orangs,149

Order of nature,255,258

OrganicversusInorganic,229

Organon,242

Origin of species,89,95,101,102,110

Origin of Species, reviews of,113,114,115,146

Ormuzd,265

Ornithology,136

Ornithorhynchus,156

Ornithoscelida,69

Orohippus,77

Orthodoxy,246

Owen, Sir Richard,65,66,115,118-121,131,133,136,145,146,162

Oxford,120,125,263,264

Oxford, Bishop of,seeWilberforce

Pain,268,270,271

Palæontology and evolution,68,86

Palæotherium,74

Paley,230

Pascal,122

Payment of teachers by results,195

Pelagic life,30,31

Pelvis of man and gorilla,161

Pentateuch,234,244

Pessimism,270

Phillips, Professor,69

Philosophic Zoölogique,97,98

Philosophy, Huxley's advice on,218

Phosphorescence,55

Physical education,189

Physical geography,170

Physicsof Aristotle,100

Physiography,171

Physiology,172

Pigafetta,149

Pigmies,149

Pioneers of Evolution,127

Plankton,30,31

Plato's Archetypes,59

Plato's philosophy,224

Pliohippus,76

"Portuguese man-of-war,"41,50

Possibilities in logic,258

Poulton, Professor E.B.,109,127

Prayer, efficacy of,258

Priestley, Joseph,239

Primers of science,171

Primitive groove,135

Principles of Geology,234

Professional education,183

Protestantism,123,233,235,236

Protestant churches and knowledge,247

Protestants and the Bible,247

Protohippus,74

Protoplasm,52,228

Prototheria,142

Psychology,227

Pterodactyls,69

Pteropods,56

Pyrosoma,55

Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science,49

Quarterly Review,115,116,117

Rabbinical maxim of inspiration,247

Radiata of Cuvier,38

Rathke,65

Ratites,137

Rattlesnake, H.M.S.,13,20,21,46,282

Reade lecture,146

Reason, age of,239

Reformation, New,284

Reformation, Protestant,122,233

Religion in education,188,191

Religion and morality,237,238

Religion and science,120,259

Religion, teaching,191

Results, payment by,195

Retina and light,219

Revelation,260

Revolution, French,111

Richardson, Sir John,12

Rights of man,245

Robertson, Charles,179

Rolleston, Professor,152,153,266

Romanes, Professor,152,153,263

Romanes lecture,263

Rome,247

Roscoe, Professor,171

Rosse, Earl of,34

Royal College of Science,176,180,204,274,277

Royal College of Surgeons,11,129,132

Royal Commissions,204,274

Royal Institution,49,52,62,64

Royal Society,33,34,47,49,53,58,108,129,276

Rutherford, Professor,180

Salisbury, Marquis of,125

"Sally," the chimpanzee,153

Salps,50,53,54,55,96

Salt, Dr.,5

Sauropsida,143

Saururæ,136

Savages,23,24,165

Sawyer, Bob,184

Scepticism,240

Schematic mollusc,60

School boards,188,189

School of Mines,180

Schwann,52

Science and Art Department,195

Science and culture,185

Science and Judaism,246

Science and medical education,184

Science and metaphysics,217

Science and religion,259

Science and the Christian Tradition,248

Science and the Hebrew Tradition,248

Science primers,171

Scientific education,168

Sclater, P.L.,138,139,142

Scottish universities,167

Scriptures,246

Section-cutting,177

Secular education,191,194

Sedgwick, Professor Adam,80,115

Segmentation of eggs,157

Segmentation of skull,133

Selection and education,190

Selective breeding,103

Semite, ethics of,269

Septuagint,251

Serous layer of germ,43

Sheldonian theatre,264

Singing for children,193

Skepsis, thätige, of Goethe,99

Skull of vertebrates,65,129,130,131,132

Socrates,243

Southern hemisphere, former land in,141

Speaking, public,208


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