77 ([return])
[ this discussion: "this" refers to the last sentence in the preceding paragraph, in which Huxley says that it will be impossible to determine the amount of time to be given to the principal subjects of education until it is determined "what the principal subjects of education ought to be.">[
78 ([return])
[ Francis Bacon: cf. note [Footnote 26].]
79 ([return])
[ the best chance of being happy: In connection with Huxley's work on the London School Board, his biographer says that Huxley did not regard "intellectual training only from the utilitarian point of view; he insisted, e. g., on the value of reading for amusement as one of the most valuable uses to hardworked people.">[
80 ([return])
[ "Harmony in grey": cf. with l. 34 in Browning's Andrea del Sarto.]
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[ Hobbes (1588-1679): noted for his views of human nature and of politics. According to Minto, "The merits ascribed to his style are brevity, simplicity and precision.">[