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an “incriminated lesson”. —report
of Education Committee. —speech on Ultramontanism.
—his lasting influence. —impression
on fellow-workers. —examinations. —extra
subjects. —monetary assistance offered,
to remain on School Board. —sacrifices
involved in. —urged to stand for Parliament.
—Secretary of the Royal Society. —and
Appendix 2. —on “Challenger”
Committee. —science teaching for teachers.
—continues his educational campaign. —ideal
of a State Church. —titles for men of science.
—edits Science Primers. —microscopes.
—at St. Andrews. —holiday work.
—plays golf. —on strong language.
—breakdown of 1871. —help of
friends. —examines stores at Gibraltar.
—at Tangier. —in Egypt. —further
treatment. —new teaching in biology. —view
of. —changes the course. —writes
“Elementary Instruction in Biology”. —new
house in Marlborough Place. —lawsuit.
—loan from Tyndall. —mixed classes
in Anatomy. —Lord Rector of Aberdeen.
—trip to the Auvergne. —as travelling
companion. —geological work. —letters
on. —learns to smoke. —Order
of the Pole Star. —a paternal gander.
—his reputation and the part he has to play
in the world. —scientific work after 1870.
—precious half-hours. —duty
of fulfilling a promise. —attends Presbyterian
service. —at Belfast British Association.
—on “grasping the nettle”.
—feeling about vivisection. —grouse-murder.
—Natural History courses at Edinburgh.
—suspects himself of cowardice. —expectation
of his visit in America. —a second honeymoon.
—position in the world of thought. —tugs
in New York harbour. —prefers the contents
of a university to the buildings. —old
opinions and new truth. —at Niagara. —meets
his sister again. —an address under difficulties.
—lectures on Evolution. —prophecies
fulfilled. —the two things he really cares
about. —posthumous fame. —ingrained
laziness the bane of his existence. —speech
on Darwin’s LL.D. at Cambridge. —help
to a distressed man of science. —“bottled
life”. —politics in 1878. —projected
Introductions to Zoology, Mammalia, Anthropology, and
Psychology. —engrossed in the Invertebrates.
—affected by his daughter’s illness.
—rationality and the parental capacity.
—traces diphtheria. —learns
Greek. —Governor of Eton College.
—makes drawing part of the curriculum.
—attends no society except the Royal and
Zoological. —fifty-three a youthful age.
—resigns presidency of Association of Liberal
Thinkers. —LL.D. at Cambridge. —becomes
a “person of respectability”. —“eats
the leek” over Bathybius. —advantages
of breaking a leg. —faith in Natural Selection.
—“pretty Fanny’s way”.
—optimism and pessimism. —friendship
and criticism. —further involved in official
duties. —Inspector of Fisheries.
—salary. —duties of inspectorship
described. —conduct of meetings. —as
a companion. —as a writer. —as
a speaker. —life uninfluenced by idea of
future recompense. —a child’s criticism
