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

by Thomas Henry Huxley

• Kant and evolution, [CCXXV]
• Kelvin, Lord, [CLXXXVIII]
• Knowledge, a little, [CXIV]
• —— and faith, [CCXXXI]
• —— of teachers, [CXXVII]
• —— the people perish for want of, [CCXXII]

• Laboratory, the forecourt to the temple of philosophy, [CLI]
• Labour, vital, dependent on vital capital, [CCLIX]
• —— and value, [CCLXVI]
• —— savage, a borrowing from nature, [CCLXI]
• —— supposed antagonism to capital, [CCLXVIII]
• Language and racemarks, [CLXXXII], [CLXXXIII]
• Latin, [XCVIII]
• Law of nature, [XLVI], [LIII], [LVI], [CCCXII]
• —— the, as schoolmaster to Christ, [CCCLIII]
• Learning inferior to character, [CCCLXXIII]
• Leaving things to themselves, [CXXV]
• Lectures, value of, [CCVIII], [CCIX], [CCX]
• —— dangers of, [CLXXXVII]
• —— popular, [CLXXXVI]
• Ledger of the Almighty, [CCCIII]
• Lessons, the first and last of, [CXX]
• "Let us eat and drink for to-morrow we die," [CCCVIII]
• Life guided by verification, [XX]
• —— a rule of, [C]
• —— as a game of chess, [LXXXIII];
  cf. [CCCXII]
• —— as a rule of three sum, [CI]
• —— is worth living, even on hard terms, [CCLXXI]
• —— its great end, [CXXI], [CCCXXXV]
• —— its uncertainty, [CXL]
• —— like a crowded street, [CCCXL]
• —— like a whirlpool, [CCCXLII], [CCCXLIII];
  less like a machine running down, ib.
• —— the best thing it offers, [CXXX], [CCCLX]
• —— the Cape Horn of, [CCXCIII]
• —— the cup of, [CCCXXXVIII]
• —— the mother of the rocks, [CC]
• —— the tragic thread of, [CCXXVII]
• —— one of the most saddening things in, [CCCLXXXIV]
• Literature and science, [CCXCVI];
  hangers on in, [CCCLXXV]
• —— the money of, [CII]
• Literatures, the four great, [XCVIII]
• Lobster, [CCVII]
• Logical consequences, [XXVIII]

• Majorities and opinion, [CCCLXVII]
• Malevolence in nature, [CCLXIX], [CCCXXX]
• Malthusian doctrine, the, [CCLXIV]
• Man, structural unity of, with animals, [CLXXIII]
• Man, a queer animal, [CCCLXXXV]
• —— antiquity of, [CLXXXV]
• —— ascent of, [LI], [CLXXIX]
• —— not a rational animal, [CCCLI]
• —— the mimic, [CCXXXIII]
• —— and the common process of evolution, [CLXXVI]
• Man's arrogance, a check to, [CLXXV]
• Mankind, the good of, [XXXVII]
• Material prosperity, value of, [LXXIV]
• —— world, dignity of, [CLXV], [CLXVI]
• Materialism, [XIV]
• —— and idealism, [CLXVIII]
• —— the horror of, [CLXV]
• Mathematical mill, the, [CCXXVI]
• Matter and force, [LV]
• —— dignity of, [CLXV], [CLXVI]
• —— inert, [CCCXLIII]
• —— its existence a metaphysical assumption, [CXLVIII]
• Means and ends, political, [CCCXXXIV]
• Mechanism and education, [XXI]
• Medicine the foster-mother of the sciences, [CIII]
• Mental and moral activities, determinants of, [CXXXII]
• —— analogies with the brutes, [CLIII]
• —— intoxication, [CXXXIII]
• Messiah, science has none, [CCCLXXVIII]
• Metaphysics and matter, [CLXVIII]
• —— and the limits of certainty, [CLXVII]
• —— the problem of, [CCCXII]
• Method of science, [VIII]
• —— —— spread of, [CCCLXXVII]
• Middle-age, chief pleasure of, [CCCXXXIX]
• Militarism and industrialism, [CCCLXXIX]
• Millennium, the, and evolution, [CCLII]
• Ministers to the world's weaknesses, [CCCLXVII]
• Miracle of nature, [LIV]
• Miracles, no a priori objection to, [CCCXI]
• Misery, [XXXIII]
• Missionaries, [XXXIX]
• Mistakes, [CXXXVI];
  cf. Error
• —— and acknowledgment of them, [CXXXVII], [CXLI]
• Modern teaching, essence of, [CCIX]
• Moral activities, determinants of, [CXXXII]
• —— aspects of faith, [CXXXVIII], [CXXXIX], [CXLI], [CXLV]
• —— cripples and idiots, [CCCLXX]
• —— conditions of success, [CCLXXX]
• —— duty defined, [CCCLXVIII]
• —— law, how far it can be fulfilled, [CCCLXX]
• —— laws true, even if moral sense non-existent, [CCCLXVIII]
• —— purpose, no sign of, in nature, [CCCLIX];
  of human origin, ib.
• —— sanction, how far based on pure feeling, [CLXIII], [CLXIV]
• —— sense, [CCCLXIX]
• —— teaching more needful than intellectual, [CCCXIX]
• Morality and religion, [CXVII];
  cf. [CLXIII], [CLXIV];
  distinguished, [CCCXVIII]
• —— is embodied in society, [CCLXXV]
• Mordecai and Haman, [CCXXXIII]
• Mother wit (cf. Genius), [V];
  cf. [CLIV], [CLV]
• Motion, integrating or disintegrating, [CCCXLII]
• Museums, local, [CCXCIV]
• Myth and science, [LIX]

• Names, idolatry of, [CCCXLIII]
• National greatness, [CX]
• Native talent, [CLV]
• Natural causes, great effects of, [CXCVII]
• —— History and Life's Picture Gallery, [LXXX]
• —— knowledge and truth, [CL];
  a forecourt to philosophy, [CLI]
• —— rights, [XLVII]
• Nature, laws of, [XLVI], [LIII], [LVI], [CCCXII]
• —— as opposed to society, [CCLXXIV]
• —— benevolence and malevolence in, [CCLXIX], [CCLXXII], [CCCXLVII]
• —— deafening cries of pain in, [CCCXLVII]
• —— defined, [CCXLVIII]
• —— gladiatorial aspect of, [CCLXX]
• —— her great Fugue, [CCLXXXVIII]
• —— her vis medicatrix, [CCLXXVI]
• —— is non-moral, [CCLXXIII], [CCCLVIII]
• —— justice of, [CCCII], [CCCIV], [CCCV]
• —— justifies neither optimism nor pessimism, [CCLXXIII], [CCCXXX]
• —— matter and force, [LV]
• —— no reverential care for unoffending creation, [CCCXLVII]
• —— perennial miracle of, [LIV]
• —— selection by, [LXIII]
• —— self-surrender to, [CCCI]
• —— the bonus in her account, [CCLXXII], [CCCXLVIII]
• —— the capitalist, [CCV]
• —— the educator, [LXXXV], [LXXXVI], [LXXXVII]
• —— the unity of, [CLXXVII]
• —— treatment of ignorance by, [LXXXVII]
• —— war of, [LII]
• Necessity, [XII], [CLVII]
• Negative criticism is not all after a full life, [CCCLXIV]
• Negro, no sentimental sympathy with, [CCCXIII]
• —— effect of slavery, ib.
• Nerve force, the equivalent of, [CCVII]
• Nineteenth century, leading characteristic of, [CCCLXXVII]

• Old age, the best hope for, [CCCXLI]
• Optimism and pessimism, [CCXLIX], [CCLXIX], [CCLXXI], [CCLXXII], [CCLXXIII], [CCCXXX]
• Oratory, [CCLXXXVI]
• Order, the eternal, [CCXXXI]
• Original sin, [CCXXXII], [CCXLI]
• Orthodoxy, [LVII];
  cf. Creeds, Clericalism, Ecclesiasticism
• Over-instruction, [CCCXXXII]

• Pain, [LXXIX]
• —— and wisdom, [XC]
• —— inevitable, [CCLII]
• —— is less than happiness, [CCCIII]
• Paint-root, [CLXXXVIII]
• Palace, substituted for a University, [L]
• Papacy, temporal claims of, a disturbing force, [CCCLXXIX]
• Parallax of time, [XXVI]
• Parents not always rational animals, [CCCLI]
• Pasteur, [CCXX], [CCXXI], [CCXXII]
• Paul, St., [CXXXIX]
• Pauperism, the vulture of, [CCCLVII]
• Peace, the state of, breeds a new state of strife, [CCLXXVIII]
• —— not dependent on governments, [CCCLXXIX]
• Pébrine, [CCXXI], [CCXXII]
• "Pecca Fortiter," [XCI]
• People, the, perish for want of knowledge, [CCXXII]
• —— to better their condition, a chief aim, [CCCXXXIII]
• Permanence of forms, the, [CCXXVIII]
• Personal aims, [CCCLXIII]
• Personality, [CCXCVIII]
• Pessimism, [CCXLIX];
  cf. Optimism
• Philosophy, [XIV], [LXI];
  cf. Science
• —— the laboratory is the forecourt to, [CLI]
• —— political, [XLIV]
• Physiology, its interest in human life, [LXXVIII]
• —— compared to the Atlantic, [CIV]
• —— applied to Political Economy, [CCLIX], [CCLX]
• Picture Gallery of Life, [LXXX]
• "Pig philosophy," [CCCLXXXI]
• Pigs, "selected" by the paint-root, [CLXXXVIII]
• Plants, green, the real producers, [CCLXIII], [CCLXIV]
• Plato and the unscientific imagination, [CXLIX]
• Pleasure of middle age, the chief, [CCCXXXIX]
• Political philosophy, [XLIV]
• —— economists, their method, [CCCLXXXI]
• Politicians, intellect of, [CCCLXXXIII]
• Politics, the sea of, [XL]
• —— proper name for Social Science, [CCCLXXXI]
• Popular Lectures and Popular Science, [CLXXXVI]
• —— dangers of, [CLXXXVII]
• Population question, [XLV]
• Positivism (cf. Comte), [XI], [CXLIV]
• "Possession" and genius, [CXXXIV]
• Practical work, educative value of, [CCCLXXIV]
• Prehistoric architecture, [CLXXXIV]
• Present day formation of chalk, [CXCI];
  of rocks, [CCI]
• Priestley, [LXXIII], [LXXV]
• Priests and scientific method, [CCCLXXX]
• Primary education, [CCXIII]
• Principles, great, can be illustrated by the commonest facts, [CXXIV]
• Producer, the sole, [CCLXIII]
• Production, the chief factor in, [CCLXII]
• Prometheus, the human, [CCCLVII]
• Prophets and rational belief, [CXXXIX]
• Prosperity (material) and morals, [LXXIV]
• Protection and Trades Unions, [LXXXII]
• Providence, doctrine of, [CCCLXV]
• —— playing at, [CCCLXXVI]
• Public opinion, influence of, [CCXXXIII]
• Punishment, future, [CCC]

• Quantity and quality, [CX]
• Queen bees in the human hive, [CV]

• Rational animal, man is not, [CCCLI]
• —— grounds for belief, [CXXXIX];
  are often irrational attempts to justify instincts, [CCCLVI]
• Reason the guide in intellectual matters, [CXLII]
• Redi, [CCXVIII]
• Religion and morality, [CXVII];
  distinguished, [CCCXVIII]
• —— and theology, [CXVIII]
• Religious error, [CXLI], [CXLV]
• Remorse, [CCCIV]
• Renascence, the new, [CCCXX]
• Resolution, [CCCXXI]
• Retribution, future, [CCCII]
• —— moral and physical, ib., [III], [IV], [V]
• —— is here, [CCCVI]
• —— certainty of present, [CCCVII]
• —— of sin, [CCCXXVIII]
• —— of beliefs, [CCCXXIX]
• Right and wrong, [CVIII];
  to go right in chains, [CCCXV]
• Rights, natural, [XLVII]
• Robinson Crusoe, his inferences, [CLIII]
• Rocks, the offspring of life, [CC]
• —— present day formation of, [CCI]
• Rule of life, [C]
• —— of three sum, and life, [CI]

• Sanction, the moral, and feeling, [CLXIII], [CLXIV]
• Scepticism (cf. Doubt and Authority), [III], [XVII], [CL]
• Schools of thought, [CCCLXIII]
• —— a curse to science, [CCCLXXII]
• Science, [XXIV]
• —— and aspiration, [I]
• —— and belief, [IV]
• —— and Christianity, [CXLVI]
• —— and clericalism, [LVIII]
• —— and commerce, [CXCII]
• —— and common sense, [LXXVI], [CXII]
• —— and investigation, [LXXII]
• —— and literature, [CCXCVI]
• —— and myth, [LIX], [LX]
• —— and philosophy, [LXI]
• —— and the priests, [CCCLXXX]
• —— as Cinderella, [CCLVIII]
• —— can afford to wait, [CXXXV]
• —— counters of, [CII]
• —— fostered by medicine, [CIII]
• —— function of, [CLXXVIII]
• —— Goethe's work in, [CCLXXXIX], [CCXC]
• —— growth of, [CCCLXXVII]
• —— hangers on in, ib.
• —— has many prophets but no Messiah, [CCCLXXVIII]
• —— irony of history in, [CCXCII]
• —— limits of, [XIV]
• —— method of, [VIII], [LXXVII]
• —— motto of, [CCCL]
• —— picture it draws of the world, [LXII]
• —— popularisation of, [CLXXXVI]
• —— spirit of, [LXIX], [CL], [CCCLXXVII]
• —— success in, [CCCLXXV]
• —— tragedy of, [CCXIX]
• Scientific imagination, [CXXXI], [CXLIX];
  and the Aryan question, [CLXXXI]
• —— idea, growth and efficacy of, [CCXXII]
• Secondary causes, [CLXXXVII]
• Selection, social, [XXXI];
  the basis of evolution, [CCXXX];
  may be rapid, [CLXXXVIII]
• Self-surrender to nature, [CCCI]
• Shakespeare, [XCII]
• Shams, [CCCLX]
• Silkworm disease, [CCXXI]
• Sin gravitates to sorrow, [CCCV]
• —— lasting punishment of, [CCCXXVIII]
• —— origin of, [CCCLXII]
• Size and greatness, [CX]
• Skill, a greater than, [CXXIX]
• Slavery, the double emancipation, [LXXXI]
• —— effects of, [CCCXIII]
• Slowness of evolution, [CCV]
• Social selection, [XXXI];
  cf. [CCXXXV]
• —— life is embodied morality, [CCLXXV]
• —— science, [CCCLXXXI];
  nicknamed "Dismal," ib.;
  value of its method, ib.
• —— tendency, the, [CCXXXIII]
• Socially unfit, the, [CCXXXVI]
• Society, complexity of, [XXXVI]
• —— a limitation of the struggle for existence, [CCLXXV]
• —— and individualism, [XLIX], [L], [CCCLXVIII]
• —— and the individual, [XLVIII]
• —— as opposed to nature, [CCLXXIV]
• —— conditions of its stability, [CCLXXIX]
• —— internal struggle, [CCXXXVII];
  permanence of, [CCXXXVIII]
• —— moral conditions of success, [CCLXXX]
• —— population question, [XLV]
• —— statute of limitations needed in, [XLIII]
• —— the end of, [CCCLXVIII]
• —— the individual's debt to, [CCLXXXIII]
• Socrates put to death by the demagogues, [CXLVIII]
• Sorrow, inevitable, [CCLII]
• —— deep plunge into, [CCCXLVI]
• Soul in automata, [XXVII]
• Soundings, deep sea, [CXCII]
• Southey and the Quaker, [CXXVI]
• Spallanzani, [CCXXII]
• Sphinx, the true riddle of the, [CCLXXVIII]
• Spiritualism, its only use if true, [CCCXXV]
• Stanley, Dean, on being made a bishop, [CCCLXXXIII]
• Starvation on ortolans, [CCCXLVIII]
• Starve, who shall first? [CCLXXIX]
• State not infallible, [CCLXXXII]
• Stimulants and brain work, [CCCLV]
• Structural unity of men and animals, [CLXXII]
• Struggle for existence, among ideas, [LXVIII];
  modified within society, [CCXXXVII];
  but permanent, [CCXXXVIII];
  limited by society, [CCLXXV]
• —— and original sin, [CCXXXII], [CCXLI]
• —— the serious, [CCLII]
• —— two-fold, in civilisation, [CCXLII]
• Studies, the conflict of, [XCIII]
• Success, moral conditions of, [CCLXXXI], [CCCXXVII]
• Suffering and wisdom, [XC]
• —— and civilisation, [CCXLII]
• —— and virtue, [CLXI]
• Survival of the fittest, and ethical process, [CCL]
• Sweepers and cleansers, the work of, [CCCLXIV]
• Sympathy and conscience, [CCXXXIII]
• —— as a rule of life, [CCXXXV]

• Teachers, knowledge of, [CXXVII]
• —— training of, [CCLXXXIV]
• Teaching, essence of modern, [CCXI], [CCXII], [CCXV] (cf. Education)
• —— and the things that are inborn, [CCCLXXIII]
• Technical education, [CCCXXXI]
• Theology and religion, [CXVIII]
• Theories, three great modern, [X]
• Theory and fact, [CCLXXXVI]
• Things in themselves, [CCLV]
• Thinking, time for, [CXXVI]
• Thought, [XVIII], [XIX]
• —— as a function of the brain, [CCCLXI]
• —— freedom of, [CXXX]
• —— struggle for existence in, [LXVIII]
• Time and truth, [XXXII]
• Trades Unions and Protection, [LXXXII]
• Traditional authority, its struggle with free thought, [CCCXX]
• Traditions and realities, [CLXXI]
• —— rejection of, [CCCLXXVII]
• Tragic thread of life, [CCXXVII]
• Truth (cp. Authority, Veracity), [XXIX], [XXXII], [LXV], [CCCXX]
• —— and common sense, [CXII]
• —— and error, [XCI]
• —— and its reward, [CLXX]
• —— and the function of science, [CLXXVIII]
• —— and types, [CCLXXXVII]
• —— seeker, [VI]
• —— the search for, [CL], [CLXIX]
• —— the spread of, [CCCXXXVI]
• Try all things and hold fast to that which is good, the motto of science, [CCCL]
• Types and truth, [CCLXXXVII]