Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers) Mitchell
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The Theory of the Vertebrate Skull--Goethe, Oken, Cuvier, and
Owen--Huxley Defends Goethe--His own Contributions to the Theory--The Classification of Birds--Huxley Treats them as "Extinct Animals"--Geographical Distribution--Sclater's Regions--Huxley's Suggestions. CHAPTER IX MAN AND THE APES 144 Objections to Zoölogical Discussion of Man's Place--Owen's Prudence--Huxley's Determination to Speak out--Account of his Treatment of _Man's Place in Nature_--Additions Made by More Recent Work. CHAPTER X SCIENCE AS A BRANCH OF EDUCATION 167 Science-Teaching Fifty Years Ago--Huxley's Insistence on Reform--Science Primers--Physiography--Elementary Physiology--_The Crayfish_--Manuals of Anatomy--Modern Microscopical Methods--Practical Work in Biological Teaching--Invention of the Type System--Science in Medical Education--Science and Culture. CHAPTER XI |
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