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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.