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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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