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Aphorisms and Reflections (From the Works of T. H. Huxley) by English biologist and anatomist Thomas Henry Huxley was originally published in 1908, as edited his wife Henrietta Huxley. Thomas Huxley was known in his day for being the most vigorous defender and proponent of Darwinism, earning him the title "Darwin's Bulldog". He was also regarded for his contributions to vertebrae palaeontology, biology and science education. Placing him at loggerheads with the educational and ecclesiastic authorities of his day. This work selects widely from the nine volumes of his "Essays," his "Scientific Memoirs" and his "Letters," in order to produce a short pocket-sized souvenir of his varied thought, which is not limited to his scientific thinking, but also his humour and moral philosophy
Aphorisms and Reflections from the works of T. H. Huxley By Thomas Henry Huxley
The following is a collection of aphorisms by Thomas Henry Huxley, as collected by his wife, Henrietta A. Huxley. Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist specializing in comparative anatomy. Huxley was slow to accept some of Darwin's ideas, such as gradualism, and was undecided about natural selection, but despite this he was wholehearted in his public support of Darwin. Instrumental in developing scientific education in Britain, he fought against the more extreme versions of religious tradition. Huxley coined the term "agnosticism" in 1869 and elaborated on it in 1889 to frame the nature of claims in terms of what is knowable and what is not.
Reproduction of the original: Aphorisms and Reflections by Henrietta A. Huxley
Although a man by his works and personality shall have made his mark upon the age he lives in, yet when he has passed away and his influence with him, the next generation, and still more the succeeding one, will know little of this work, of his ideals and of the goal he strove to win, although for the student his scientific work may always live. Thomas Henry Huxley may come to be remembered by the public merely as the man who held that we were descended from the ape, or as the apostle of Darwinism, or as the man who worsted Bishop Wilberforce at Oxford. To prevent such limitation, and to afford more intimate and valuable reasons for remembrance of this man of science and lover of his fellow-men, I have gathered together passages, on widely differing themes, from the nine volumes of his "Essays," from his "Scientific Memoirs" and his "Letters," to be published in a small volume, complete in itself and of a size that can be carried in the pocket. Some of the passages were picked out for their philosophy, some for their moral guidances, some for their scientific exposition of natural facts, or for their insight into social questions; others for their charms of imagination or genial humour, and many—not the least—for their pure beauty of lucid English writing. In so much wealth of material it was difficult to restrict the gathering. My great wish is that this small book, by the easy method of its contents, may attract the attention of those persons who are yet unacquainted with my husband's writings; of the men and women of leisure, who, although they may have heard of the "Essays," do not care to work their way through the nine volumes; of others who would like to read them, but who have either no time to do so or coin wherewith to buy them. More especially do I hope that these selections may attract the attention of the working man, whose cause my husband so ardently espoused, and to whom he was the first to reveal, by his free lectures, the loveliness of Nature, the many rainbow-coloured rays of science, and to show forth to his listeners how all these glorious rays unite in the one pure white light of holy truth.
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Excerpt from Aphorisms and Reflections: From the Works of T. H. Huxley Some of the passages were picked out for their philosophy, some for their moral guidances, some for their scientific exposition of natural facts, or for their insight into social questions; others for their charms of imagination or genial humour, and many - not the least - for their pure beauty of lucid English writing. In so much wealth of material it was difficult to restrict the gathering. 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.