Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch

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      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