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xley's Unchanged Position with regard to Evolution and Natural Selection from 1860 to 1894. CHAPTER VII THE BATTLE FOR EVOLUTION 110 Huxley's Prevision of the Battle--The Causes of the Battle--The _Times_ Review--Sir Richard Owen attacks Darwinism in the _Edinburgh Review_--Bishop Wilberforce attacks in the _Quarterly Review_--Huxley's Scathing Replies--The British Association Debates at Oxford--Huxley and Wilberforce--Resume of Huxley's Exact Position with Regard to Evolution and to Natural Selection. CHAPTER VIII VERTEBRATE ANATOMY 128 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 Zooelogical 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 GENERAL PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION 188 Establishment of Compulsory Education in England--The Religious Controversy--Huxley Advocates the Bible without Theology--His Compromise on the "Cowper-Temple" Clause--Influence of the New Criticism--Science and Art Instruction--Training of Teachers--University Education--The Baltimore Address--Technical Education--So-called "Applied Science"--National Systems of Education as "Capacity-Catchers." CHAPTER XII CITIZEN, ORATOR, AND ESSAYIST 204 Huxley's Activity in Public Affairs--Official in Scientific Societies--Royal Commissions--Vivisection--Characteristics of his Public Speaking--His Method of Exposition--His Essays--Vocabulary--Phrase-Maki
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