Excerpt from Thomas Henry Huxley Thomas henry huxley, the seventh and youngest child of George and Rachel Huxley, was born on the 4th May 1825, at Ealing, then a village separated by stretches of Open country from London. His father, who was assistant-master in a semi-public school there, is described by him as a man rather too easy-going for this wicked world, yet with a certain tenacity of charac ter which, since he inherited it, Huxley dryly says, unfriendly observers sometimes call obstinacy. This, together with a faculty for drawing, constituted the father's legacy to the son. It is of his mother that he declares himself physically and mentally the child. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Thomas H. Huxley An attempt has been made in this short biography to bring into prominence Huxley's scientific work, though much of it was of so specialized a nature as to make a full presentment to other than professed zoologists practically impossible. It has been necessary to incur a large debt to Mr. Leonard Huxley's admirable Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, the chief source of information, and this is gratefully acknowledged. Reference has been made to the first edition, in two volumes (1900), the abbreviation "Life" being employed. In dealing with the published works, the Memorial Edition of the Scientific Memoirs (Sci. Mem.) and the nine volumes of Collected Essays (Coll. Essays) have been used wherever possible, as being most convenient. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley London, 18 5 3 Britt's/z and Foreign medico-c/zirurgzcal Review, vol. Xiii. 1854, pp. 42 5 - 4 39. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Teachings of Thomas Henry Huxley The purpose of a life, the central idea about which all its activities revolve must ever be the criterion by which posterity shall judge of its eficiency. It is not how much nor how well nor yet how ill the work has been done, but Why was it done? The motif of an act is often all that is required to recommend or to con demn it at once. If the motif was bad the results can scarcely be other than had; and if the motif be good the end-re sults can be criticized only from the stand point of comparative worth. Many a good thought or act has been spoiled in the mak ing or the doing; but a had thought or act can never be made over into goodness by any process of juggling or craft. It is conceived in death and destruction at the very outset. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.