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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Thomas Henry Huxley, by Leonard Huxley
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Title: Thomas Henry Huxley
A Character Sketch
Author: Leonard Huxley
Release Date: March 21, 2005 [EBook #15429]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY ***
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LIFE-STORIES OF FAMOUS MEN
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
ISSUED FOR THE
RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION,
LIMITED
[Illustration: From a Photograph by Elliott and Fry: Frontispiece]
LIFE-STORIES OF FAMOUS MEN
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
A CHARACTER SKETCH
BY
LEONARD HUXLEY, LL.D.
LONDON:
WATTS & CO.,
17 JOHNSON'S COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.4
1920
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. INTRODUCTORY 1
II. EARLY DAYS 2
III. MEDICAL TRAINING 13
IV. VOYAGE OF THE "RATTLESNAKE" AND ITS SEQUEL 17
V. LEHRJAHRE 23
VI. VERACITY AND AGNOSTICISM 29
VII. CONTROVERSY AND THE BATTLE OF THE "ORIGIN" 37
VIII. PUBLIC SPEAKING AND LECTURES 43
IX. POPULAR EDUCATION 51
X. EDUCATION; ESPECIALLY OF TEACHERS AND WOMEN 60
XI. METHODS OF WORK 65
XII. SCIENCE AND ETHICS 72
XIII. MORALITY AND THE CHURCH 80
XIV. LIFE AND FRIENDSHIPS 84
XV. CHARLES DARWIN 92
XVI. HOOKER, FORBES, TYNDALL, SPENCER 100
XVII. IN THE FAMILY CIRCLE 111
XVIII. SOME LETTERS AND TABLE-TALK 117
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