Autobiography and Selected Essays
Thomas Henry Huxley
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Autobiography and Selected Essays
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An accomplished biologist, Thomas Henry Huxley was committed to Darwin's theories. This collection of autobiographical and scientific essays illuminates his life and accomplishments and is essential reading for scholars of scientific history. Included are essays, On a Piece of Chalk," On Improving Natural Knowledge," and On the Physical Basis of Life."

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND SELECTED ESSAYS
Edited, with introduction and notes by Ada L. F. Snell Associate Professor Of English Mount Holyoke College Riverside College Classics Copyright 1909
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
I — THE LIFE OF HUXLEY
II — SUBJECT-MATTER, STRUCTURE, AND STYLE
III — SUGGESTED STUDIES IN SUBJECT-MATTER, STRUCTURE, AND STYLE
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY — AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1
ON THE ADVISABLENESS OF IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE 19
A LIBERAL EDUCATION 49
ON A PIECE OF CHALK 57
THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS OF EDUCATION 76
THE METHOD OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION 86
ON THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE 92
ON CORAL AND CORAL REEFS 110
NOTES
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ON THE ADVISABLENESS OF IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE
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