Aphorisms and Reflections from the works of T. H. Huxley

Part 13

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E. i. 16 II " i. 31 III " i. 40 IV " i. 41 V " i. 46 VI " i. 56 VII " i. 57 VIII " i. 60 IX " i. 62 X " i. 66 XI " i. 156 XII " i. 161 XIII " i. 163 XIV " i. 165 XV " i. 167 XVI " i. 168 XVII " i. 170 XVIII " i. 172 XIX " i. 172 XX " i. 178 XXI " i. 188 XXII " i. 192 XXIII " i. 193 XXIV " i. 198 XXV " i. 202 XXVI " i. 202 XXVII " i. 242 XXVIII " i. 244 XXIX " i. 244 XXX " i. 245 XXXI " i. 254 XXXII " i. 255 XXXIII " i. 256 XXXIV " i. 256 XXXV " i. 257 XXXVI " i. 261 XXXVII " i. 281 XXXVIII " i. 289 XXXIX " i. 291 XL " i. 309 XLI " i. 313 XLII " i. 313 XLIII " i. 319 XLIV " i. 319 XLV " i. 328 XLVI " i. 349 XLVII " i. 355 XLVIII " i. 368 XLIX " i. 426 L " i. 426 LI " ii. 5 LII " ii. 18 LIII " ii. 13 LIV " ii. 29 LV " ii. 32 LVI " ii. 32 LVII " ii. 52 LVIII " ii. 52 LIX " ii. 58 LX " ii. 59 LXI " ii. 53 LXII " ii. 59 LXIII " ii. 76 LXIV " ii. 149 LXV " ii. 149 LXVI " ii. 150 LXVII " ii. 229 LXVIII " ii. 229 LXIX " ii. 229 LXX " ii. 230 LXXI " ii. 252 LXXII " ii. 363 LXXIII " iii. 13 LXXIV " iii. 33 LXXV " iii. 36 LXXVI " iii. 45 LXXVII " iii. 45 LXXVIII " iii. 59 LXXIX " iii. 62 LXXX " iii. 63 LXXXI " iii. 67 LXXXII " iii. 78 LXXXIII " iii. 82 LXXXIV " iii. 83 LXXXV " iii. 84 LXXXVI " iii. 85 LXXXVII " iii. 85 LXXXVIII " iii. 85 LXXXIX " iii. 86 XC " iii. 91 XCI " iii. 174 XCII " iii. 179 XCIII " iii. 179 XCIV " iii. 183 XCV " iii. 185 XCVI " iii. 185 XCVII " iii. 187 XCVIII " iii. 188 XCIX " iii. 204 C " iii. 207 CI " iii. 208 CII " iii. 213 CIII " iii. 215 CIV " iii. 220 CV " iii. 225 CVI " iii. 228 CVII " iii. 236 CVIII " iii. 236 CIX " iii. 254 CX " iii. 260 CXI " iii. 273 CXII " iii. 282 CXIII " iii. 283 CXIV " iii. 299 CXV " iii. 306 CXVI " iii. 369 CXVII " iii. 393 CXVIII " iii. 393 CXIX " iii. 396 CXX " iii. 414 CXXI " iii. 422 CXXII " iii. 431 CXXIII " iii. 432 CXXIV " iii. 432 CXXV " iii. 439 CXXVI " iii. 443 CXXVII " iii. 443 CXXVIII " iii. 446 CXXIX " iii. 447 CXXX " v. 124 CXXXI " v. 125 CXXXII " v. 136 CXXXIII " v. 136 CXXXIV " v. 136 CXXXV " v. 143 CXXXVI " v. 156 CXXXVII " v. 157 CXXXVIII " v. 182 CXXXIX " v. 191 CXL " v. 206 CXLI " v. 241 CXLII " v. 245 CXLIII " v. 257 CXLIV " v. 257 CXLV " v. 313 CXLVI " v. 315 CXLVII " v. 315 CXLVIII " vi. p. viii CXLIX " vi. p. viii CL " vi. p. ix CLI " vi. 61 CLII " vi. 65 CLIII " vi. 123 CLIV " vi. 132 CLV " vi. 132 CLVI " vi. 143 CLVII " vi. 144 CLVIII " vi. 207 CLIX " vi. 231 CLX " vi. 235 CLXI " vi. 237 CLXII " vi. 237 CLXIII " vi. 239 CLXIV " vi. 239 CLXV " vi. 284 CLXVI " vi. 285 CLXVII " vi. 308 CLXVIII " vi. 318 CLXIX " vii. p. ix CLXX " vii. p. xi CLXXI " vii. 1 CLXXII " vii. 81 CLXXIII " vii. 92 CLXXIV " vii. 138 CLXXV " vii. 146 CLXXVI " vii. 146 CLXXVII " vii. 151 CLXXVIII " vii. 151 CLXXIX " vii. 154 CLXXX " vii. 210 CLXXXI " vii. 271 CLXXXII " vii. 278 CLXXXIII " vii. 280 CLXXXIV " vii. 313 CLXXXV " vii. 328 CLXXXVI " viii. p. v CLXXXVII " viii. p. viii CLXXXVIII " viii. p. viii CLXXXIX " viii. 4 CXC " viii. 7 CXCI " viii. 9 CXCII " viii. 10 CXCIII " viii. 12 CXCIV " viii. 19 CXCV " viii. 23 CXCVI " viii. 27 CXCVII " viii. 34 CXCVIII " viii. 36 CXCIX " viii. 53 CC " viii. 73 CCI " viii. 114 CCII " viii. 143 CCIII " viii. 147 CCIV " viii. 153 CCV " viii. 158 CCVI " viii. 159 CCVII " viii. 213 CCVIII " viii. 217 CCIX " viii. 218 CCX " viii. 218 CCXI " viii. 218 CCXII " viii. 219 CCXIII " viii. 224 CCXIV " viii. 225 CCXV " viii. 226 CCXVI " viii. 226 CCXVII " viii. 227 CCXVIII " viii. 233 CCXIX " viii. 244 CCXX " viii. 249 CCXXI " viii. 262 CCXXII " viii. 269 CCXXIII " viii. 306 CCXXIV " viii. 318 CCXXV " viii. 323 CCXXVI " viii. 333 CCXXVII " ix. p. ix CCXXVIII " ix. 4 CCXXIX " ix. 6 CCXXX " ix. 7 CCXXXI " ix. 8 CCXXXII " ix. 27 CCXXXIII " ix. 28 CCXXXIV " ix. 30 CCXXXV " ix. 31 CCXXXVI " ix. 39 CCXXXVII " ix. 41 CCXXXVIII " ix. 43 CCXXXIX " ix. 49 CCXL " ix. 49 CCXLI " ix. 51 CCXLII " ix. 54 CCXLIII " ix. 56 CCXLIV " ix. 61 CCXLV " ix. 64 CCXLVI " ix. 71 CCXLVII " ix. 73 CCXLVIII " ix. 74 CCXLIX " ix. 78 CCL " ix. 80 CCLI " ix. 81 CCLII " ix. 85 CCLIII " ix. 86 CCLIV " ix. 123 CCLV " ix. 130 CCLVI " ix. 134 CCLVII " ix. 141 CCLVIII " ix. 145 CCLIX " ix. 147 CCLX " ix. 149 CCLXI " ix. 152 CCLXII " ix. 158 CCLXIII " ix. 159 CCLXIV " ix. 162 CCLXV " ix. 168 CCLXVI " ix. 171 CCLXVII " ix. 182 CCLXVIII " ix. 186 CCLXIX " ix. 195 CCLXX " ix. 199 CCLXXI " ix. 201 CCLXXII " ix. 201 CCLXXIII " ix. 202 CCLXXIV " ix. 202 CCLXXV " ix. 204 CCLXXVI " ix. 207 CCLXXVII " ix. 209 CCLXXVIII " ix. 211 CCLXXIX " ix. 212 CCLXXX " ix. 216 CCLXXXI " ix. 227 CCLXXXII " ix. 229 CCLXXXIII " ix. 230 CCLXXXIV " ix. 233 CCLXXXV S. M. iv. 658 CCLXXXVI " iv. 663 CCLXXXVII " iv. 664 CCLXXXVIII " iv. 666 CCLXXXIX " iv. 666 CCXC " iv. 668 CCXCI " iv. 669 CCXCII " iv. 670 CCXCIII L. L. i. 171 CCXCIV " i. 196 CCXCV " i. 285 CCXCVI " i. 310 CCXCVII " i. 314 CCXCVIII " i. 315 CCXCIX " i. 315 CCC " i. 316 CCCI " i. 316 CCCII " i. 316 CCCIII " i. 317 CCCIV " i. 317 CCCV " i. 317 CCCVI " i. 317 CCCVII " i. 317 CCCVIII " i. 318 CCCIX " i. 326 CCCX " i. 345 CCCXI " i. 347 CCCXII " i. 350 CCCXIII " i. 363 CCCXIV " i. 400 CCCXV " i. 407 CCCXVI " i. 433 CCCXVII " i. 441 CCCXVIII " ii. 32 CCCXIX " ii. 42 CCCXX " ii. 111 CCCXXI " ii. 116 CCCXXII " ii. 128 CCCXXIII " ii. 140 CCCXXIV " ii. 140 CCCXXV " ii. 144 CCCXXVI " ii. 166 CCCXXVII " ii. 209 CCCXXVIII " ii. 215 CCCXXIX " ii. 216 CCCXXX " ii. 216 CCCXXXI " ii. 219 CCCXXXII " ii. 220 CCCXXXIII " ii. 222 CCCXXXIV " ii. 242 CCCXXXV " ii. 261 CCCXXXVI " ii. 266 CCCXXXVII " ii. 275 CCCXXXVIII " ii. 283 CCCXXXIX " ii. 292 CCCXL " ii. 305 CCCXLI " ii. 351 CCCXLII " ii. 358 CCCXLIII " ii. 358 CCCXLIV " ii. 401 CCCXLV " ii. 440 CCCXLVI " ii. 444 CCCXLVII " ii. 453 CCCXLVIII " iii. 4 CCCXLIX " iii. 7 CCCL " iii. 18 CCCLI " iii. 45 CCCLII " iii. 92 CCCLIII " iii. 115 CCCLIV " iii. 118 CCCLV " iii. 121 CCCLVI " iii. 142 CCCLVII " iii. 145 CCCLVIII " iii. 162 CCCLIX " iii. 172 CCCLX " iii. 172 CCCLXI " iii. 191 CCCLXII " iii. 192 CCCLXIII " iii. 216 CCCLXIV " iii. 217 CCCLXV " iii. 218 CCCLXVI " iii. 221 CCCLXVII " iii. 222 CCCLXVIII " iii. 223 CCCLXIX " iii. 223 CCCLXX " iii. 224 CCCLXXI " iii. 230 CCCLXXII " iii. 238 CCCLXXIII " iii. 243 CCCLXXIV " iii. 245 CCCLXXV " iii. 245 CCCLXXVI " iii. 311 CCCLXXVII " iii. 322 CCCLXXVIII " iii. 322 CCCLXXIX " iii. 323 CCCLXXX " iii. 330 CCCLXXXI " iii. 337 CCCLXXXII " iii. 345 CCCLXXXIII " iii. 356 CCCLXXXIV " iii. 395 CCCLXXXV " iii. 401

INDEX II

SUBJECT INDEX

Abiogenesis, defined, CCXVIII, CCXX, CCXXI

Able men, besetting sin of, CCCLXXII

Abstractions, CCCXLIII

Accuracy, CXXIII

Agnosticism defined, CXLII; _cf._ CL

---- origin of the term, CCLVI

Aim of life, CXXI, CCCXXXV

Alcohol and brain work, CCCLV

Analogies, scope of, CLIII

Analogy, Butler's, CCCXI, CCCXXX

Animals, mind in, CLIII

---- immortality, CCXCIX

Anniversaries, CCCXXXVIII

Ant, white, scientific method compared to, CCCLXXX

Anthropomorphism, CCCX

Antiquity of man, CLXXXII

Architecture, prehistoric, CLXXXIII

Armaments, cause of modern, CCCLXXIX

Arrogance, a check to, CLXXV

Art: the teaching of drawing, XCIV

---- and Christianity, CXLVI

Aryan question, CLXXXI

Ascent of man, LI, CLXXIX

Aspiration and immortality, CLVIII

---- and fact, CCC

Atheism, CCCXI

Atlantic Ocean, comparison with physiology, CIV

---- bed of, CLXXII

Authority, III, XIII, XIV, LXIV, LXVI, LXVII, CL

---- a worthless, CLXXIV; its struggle with freethought, CCCXX, CCCLXXII (_cf._ Scepticism)

Automata and the soul, XXII

Automatic virtue, XXII

Average opinion, government by, CCCXLV

Backwoodsman's work in science is acceptable, CCCLXIV

Baur, merits of as a critic, CCCLIV

Beauty, the sense of, CCLIV

Becky Sharp, LXXIV

Bees, comparison with, CV

Being, impermanence of, CCXL

---- the ultimate, CCLV

Belief, the bases of, LXX

---- and morality, CLXI, CXLV, CCXCVII

---- and rational grounds for, CXXXIX; _cf._ CCCLVI

---- consequences of right and wrong, CCCXXIX

Benevolence in nature, CCLXIX, CCCXXX

Best men, the, CXLIII

Biblical criticism, the key to, CCCLIV

Biogenesis, defined, CCXVIII, CCXX, CCXXI

Bishops and moral courage, CCCLXXXIII

Body, compared to an Army, CXVI

---- ---- to a loaded gun, CCLIX

Book-learning, CXIII, CCXVII

---- sought by the ancient University, CCCLXXI

Books, CII

---- good, and fools, CCCXVI

Brahma and the rule of life, CCXLV

Brain work and stimulants, CCCLV

Brutes, mental analogies with, CLIII

Butler's Analogy, CCCXI, CCCXXX

Cabanis, CCCLXI

Cant and shams, CCCLX

Capacity and incapacity, XXXI

Cape Horn of life, the, CCXCIII

Capital, vital, CCLIX, CCLXII

---- lately wages, CCLXVII

---- supposed antagonism to labour, CCLXVIII

Capitalist nature, CCVI

Carlyle, the lesson of, CCCLX

Catholicism _minus_ Christianity, XI

Causation, its universality, CLVI

Causes, natural, vast effects of, CXCVII

---- secondary, CLXXXVII

Certainty lies in thought, XVIII, XIX, CLII

---- absolute, the only, CCCLVIII; not given by induction, CCCLVIII

---- limits of, CLXVII

Chalk, the significance of, CLXXXIX

---- antiquity of, CXCVI

---- deep sea origin of, CXCIV

---- parentage of, CXC

---- present day formation of, CXCI

---- rate of formation, CXCV

---- the lesson of, CXCVIII

Chance, CLVI

Character and heredity, CCXLIV

Chessplayer, the hidden, LXXXIII; _cf._ Game

Child, death of a, CCCXLVI; _cf._ CCCLXIV

Children, influence of, CCCXVII, CCCLI

Christianity and Creeds, CXLI, CXLIV

---- and the intellectual world, CXLVI

---- its success alleged as proof of the story of Jesus, CCCLIII

---- primitive and later, CCCLIII

Church, the primitive and later, CCCLIII

Cinderella, the role of science, CCLVIII

Civilisation and suffering, CCXLII, CCCLVII

Class-feeling, high and low, LXXXII

Classical education, CCXIV

Clearness of thought, XXV

Clericalism and science, LVIII

Cleverness, CXV

---- is of small intrinsic value, CCCLXXIII

Coal and club-mosses, CCII

---- less important than education, CCCXIV

---- the preservation of, CCIV, CCVI

Cocksureness, CLXVII

Comet, a kindly, CCCLVII

Commerce and science, CLXXIII

Common facts and great principles, CXXIV

Common sense and science, LXXVI; and truth, CXII

Comte, XI, CXLIV

Conduct, laws of, how discoverable, CCCLXVIII

Conscience and sympathy, CCXXXIII

Consequences, logical, XXVIII

Conservation of energy and immortality, CCCLXI

Cosmic process and ethical process, CCLI

Creation and evolution, CCXXIX

Creeds, LXXI

---- disbelief in as a sin, CXLI, CXLV

Crime and heredity, CCXXXVI

Crowded street, life is like a, CCCXL

Culture and English literature, XCV

Cultured idleness, CV

Cuvier and common sense, CCXCI

Cyclical evolution, CCXXXIX

Dante, LXXX

Darwin, his work and methods, CCCLXXXII

Death of a child, CCCXLVI; _cf._ CCCLXIV

Deep sea soundings, CXCII

---- ---- glacial survivors in, CXCIX

Demagogues caused Socrates' death, CXLVIII

Demonstration, the essence of modern teaching, CCIX

Descartes, XV, XVII

---- his chief service, CLII, CLIV

Determinants of mental and moral activities, CXXXII

Development, CLXXII

Disciples not sought for, CCCLXIII

---- the curse of science, CCCLXXII

Dismal science, the, CCCLXXXI

Do as you would be done by, CCXXXV

Dogmatism, the nemesis of, CCLVIII

Doubt (_cf._ scepticism), XVII; _cf._ Unbelief and Creeds

Drawing, the teaching of, XCIV

---- as a discipline, CXXII

Duty, XIII, XVI

---- and happiness, CLX, CLXI

---- a man's first, CCCLXXIV

Economical Problem, in physiological terms, CCLIX

Economy, true, CCCXLIX

Education, mechanical basis of, XXI

---- a liberal, LXXXIX

---- ancient and modern, CCXV (_cf._ CCXII)

---- and conflict of studies, XCIII

---- and examinations, CVI

---- and fine buildings, L

---- by nature, LXXXV, LXXXVI; compared with artificial education, LXXXVIII

---- classical, the same for ancient Rome and modern England, CCXIV

---- defined, LXXXIV

---- effects of, XXXVIII

---- English, and culture, XCV

---- English untaught, XCVI

---- foreign languages in, XCVII

---- Latin and German in, XCVIII

---- more important than coal, CCCXIII

---- of the young, knowledge requisite for, CXXVI

---- technical, CCCXXXI

---- the, of practical work, CCCLXXIV

---- the purpose of primary, CCXIII

Eginhard, CXXXIX

Emotional chameleon (man), CCXXXIII

Empusa muscae, CCXXI

End of life, the great, CXXI, CCCXXXV

English literature and culture, XCV

---- untaught, XCVI

Equality, XL, XLII

Error (_cf._ Mistakes), CXXXVI

---- advantage of consistent, XCI

---- acknowledgment of, CXXXVII

---- and faith, CXXXVIII

---- old, the explosion of, CCCL

---- religious, CXLI, CXLV

Eternal order, the, CCXXXI

Ethical ideals necessary, CXIX

Ethical process, the, CCXXXIV

---- ---- and cosmic process, CCLI

---- ---- and the survival of the fittest, CCL

Ethics, modern, and old Israel, CXLVII

Ethnology, methods and results of, CLXXX

Eubiotics, CCCLXXXI

Evidence, judgment, and action, CCCLII

Evil, the existence of, CCXLVI

---- the insistence of, CCXLVII

Evolution and man, CLXXVI

---- and the millennium, CCLII

---- cyclical, CCXXXIX

---- described, CCXXIX

---- formulated by Kant, CCXXV

---- in history, CCCXLIV

---- slowness of, CCV

---- variation and selection are the bases of, CCXXX

Examinations, CVI

Existence and thought, XVIII, XIX

Expectation and verification, CCCLVIII

Fact and hypothesis, IX, CCXIX

---- and aspiration, CCC

---- and theory, CCLXXXVI

Faith, blind, effects of, CXXXVIII, CXXXIX

---- moral aspect of, CXLI, CXLV

---- which is born of knowledge, CCXXXI

Fall, doctrine of the, baseless, CCCLXII

Fallacies, the destruction of, LXXIII

---- their tenacity of life, CCCXXXVII

Fame, posthumous, CCCXXXIII; _cf._ CCCLXIII

Feeling and morality, CLXIII, CLXIV

Ferments, the first knowledge of, CCI

Florida paint-root, CLXXXVIII

Fly and silkworm disease, CCXXI

Fools and common-sense, CCCXXXIX

Force, CCCXLIII

Foreign languages, value of, XCVII

Forests, records of ancient, CCIII

Forms, the permanence of, CCXXVIII

Fox, George, CXXXIX

Frankness, reception of honest, CCXCV

Fraud, unconscious, CXXXVIII

Freedom, XXIII

---- dangers of, CVII

---- its struggle with tradition, CCCXX

---- of the will, CCLVII

---- of thought, CXXX

---- to go wrong in, CCCXV

Fugue, Nature's great, CCLXXXVIII

Function of the brain, thought as a, CCCLXI

Future of the world, CIX

---- retribution, CCCII, CCCIII, CCCIV, CCCV

---- ---- dangers of the doctrine, CCCVI, CCCVII

Galatians, Epistle to, the key to Christianity, CCCLIV

Game, life compared to a, LXXXIII; _cf._ CCCXII

Genius, XXXIV, CLIV, CLV

---- a faculty for "possession," CXXXIV

---- as motherwit, V

Gentleman, qualities of a, XXXV

Geological theories, CCXXIII; reconciliation of, CCXXV

---- fact and theory, CCXXIV

---- time, CLXXXVIII

Glacial survivors in the deep sea, CLXXVII

God and no God, XXX

---- the love of, CLXIII

Goethe and science, CCLXXXIX

---- defects of his scientific qualities, CCXC

Golden rule, the, CCXXXV

Good of mankind, XXXVII

Graduates in all the faculties of human relationships have thoughts beyond negative criticism, CCCLXIV

Greatness, XV

---- national, CX

Guide to life, XX

Habit, an invaluable, CCCLXXIV

Haman and Modecai, CCXXXIII

Happiness and moral duty, CLX

---- is in excess of pain, CCCIII

---- we are never certain of conferring it on others, CCCLXXXIV

Henslow, character of, CCCIX

Heredity and crime, CCXXXVI

---- and character, CCXLIV

Heresies (_cf._ Authority), LXVII

Hesitation, no good done by, CCCXXI

Historical truth a matter of science, CCCLII

History and physiology, LXXVIII

---- possible new teaching of, CCCXLIV

Human nature, no recent change in, CLXX

Humanity, religion of, CXLIV

Hume, CLVIII

Hutton, CCXXIII

Hypothesis and fact, IX, CCXIX

Ideal, necessity of ethical, CXIX

Idealism and materialism, CLXVIII

Ideas, men live by, CIX, CXI

---- innate, CLIV

---- necessary, CLVII

---- struggle for existence among, LXVIII

Idleness, cultured, in society, CV

Idolatry, intellectual, CCCXLIII

Ignorance, how treated by nature, LXXXVII

Imagination, scientific, CXXXI, CLXXXI

---- unscientific, CXLIX

Immortality, aspirations after, CLVIII

---- and conservation of energy, CCCLXI

---- and grief, CCCVIII

---- and probability, CCXCVII

---- animal, CCXCIX

---- disregarded by the highest ancient moral aspiration, CCCLXVI

Impermanence of being, CCXL

Incapacity, XXXI, LXXXVII

Indian Empire, a curse, CCCXXXIV

---- how to hold it, _ib._

Individual and society, XLVIII, LII

---- his debt to society, CCLXXXIII

---- not infallible, CCLXXXII

---- worth, the safeguard of society, CCCXXVII

Individualism, XLIX, L

---- limits of, CCLXXXI

Induction, does not confer absolute certainty, CCCLVIII

Industrialism and militarism, CCCLXXIX

Inert matter, CCCLXIII

Innate ideas, CLIV, CLV

Innocent pleasure of advancing years, CCCXXXIX

Instinct, CLIV, CLV

Intellectual instruction, merely, CXXVIII; less needful than moral, CCCXIX

---- matters, reason the guide in, CXLII

---- uncertainty, CXL

---- world and Christianity, CXLVI

Intoxication, mental, CXXXIII

Irony of history in science, CCXCII