Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 eBook

Leonard Huxley
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 521 pages of information about Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3.

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 eBook

Leonard Huxley
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 521 pages of information about Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3.

Hooker, Sir J.D., his case a precedent. —­at Ipswich. —­at his marriage. —­on Snowdon with. —­relations with Darwin. —­on species. —­at Oxford, 1860. —­origin of friendship with. —­remonstrates with Huxley on excursions into philosophy. —­x Club. —­clubs not for the old. —­with Huxley in Brittany.  —­President British Association. —­with Huxley in the Eifel. —­presentation to, at Liverpool. —­on Huxley’s intellect. —­trouble with official chief. —­account of trip to the Auvergne. —­receives Order of the Pole Star. —­on Belfast meeting of British Association. —­unable to write obituary of Darwin.  —­P.R.S. —­vigour of. —­his treatment by Government. —­friendship with.  —­Royal Society’s Medal.  —­Huxley’s love of the garden.  —­Letters from:  —­on his work on micro-organisms.  —­Dana’s obituary of Gray.  —­Letters to:  —­his selection for the Royal Medal.  —­E.  Forbes. —­his approaching marriage. —­submerged forest.  —­British Museum Collections. —­science in the “Saturday Review”. —­glacier paper.  —­Swiss trip. —­election to Imp.  Acad.  Caes.:  Fullerian Lectures. —­on criticism. —­approaching “Augustan Age” of English science. —­on his “Flora of Tasmania”. —­on naturalists’ fund. —­on “Times” review of the “Origin”. —­on the Ape question. —­on “Punch” squib. —­his absence:  Edinburgh lectures.  —­Huxley’s address at Geological Society. —­working-men’s lectures, 1862:  “Natural History Review”. —­future leaders of science. —­christening. —­on “Natural History Review” and materialists. —­illness and death of Henslow. —­move to Kew:  a poor client. —­science examinations. —­pressure of work.  —­Science and Art Department examinations.  —­Darwin’s Copley Medal. —­on x Club.  —­Medical men and F.R.S. —­distribution of gentians.  —­Darwin and the “Quarterly” reviewers:  chance and atheism. —­death of Symonds:  gentians. —­the P.R.S. and politics. —­his Copley Medal. —­technical education address at Manchester. —­distribution of Coniferae. —­visit from H. Spencer.  —­Trustee of the British Museum:  story about Lowe:  difficulty of the “Origin”. —­on Dana’s obituary of Asa Gray:  difficulty of the “Origin”:  primer of Darwinismus. —­x Club breaking up. —­affection of the heart:  Moseley’s breakdown.  —­Darwin obituary:  possible senility. —­hybridism of gentians. —­visit from, before leaving London. —­a nomadic life or none:  deafness:  botanist should study distribution in the Engadine.  —­Copley Medal:  friendship and saltwater experiences. —­x archives:  a “household animal of value”.  —­Deceased Wife’s Sister question. —­raison d’etre of clubs. —­applied science and the Royal Society.  —­Academy dinner:  portrait of Hooker.  —­Monte Generoso:  called an old gentleman:  anxieties about children when grown up:  x Club subscription. —­return from Maloja. —­orchids and the influence of conditions:  Balfour and R. C. University for Ireland. —­possibility of becoming a pamphleteer. —­proposed trip to Canaries.  —­Linnean Medal:  trip to the Canaries. —­quietude of mind

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