 ... an unmistakable and vigorous protest in the most gracious and dignified speech of thanks. Throughout the subsequent special sessions of this meeting Huxley could not appear. He gave the impression of being aged but not infirm, and no one realized...  Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley - Page 400by Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) - 1896 - 202 pages
...year before ; but when Huxley arose he reminded you of a venerable gladiator returning to the arena after years of absence. He raised his figure and his...impression of being aged but not infirm, and no one realized that he had spoken his last word as champion of the law of Evolution. He soon returned to... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1913 - 340 pages
...Minister had only two years before honoured him with the Privy Councillorship, was compelled to veil "an unmistakable and vigorous protest in the most gracious and dignified speech of thanks." It was his last public appearance on any important occasion, a proper and almost majestic conclusion... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1913 - 702 pages
...Minister had only two years before honoured him with the Privy Councillorship, was compelled to veil "an unmistakable and vigorous protest in the most gracious and dignified speech of thanks." It was his last public appearance on any important occasion, a proper and almost majestic conclusion... | |
 | James Cloyd Bowman, Louis Ignatius Bredvold, LeRoy Bethuel Greenfield, Bruce Weirick - 1915 - 518 pages
...Minister had only two years before honored him with the Privy Councillorship, was compelled to veil "an unmistakable and vigorous protest in the. most gracious and dignified speech of thanks." It was his last public appearance on any important occasion, a proper and almost majestic conclusion... | |
 | Henry Fairfield Osborn - 1924 - 290 pages
...year before, but when Huxley arose he reminded one of a venerable gladiator returning to the arena after years of absence. He raised his figure and his voice to full height, and, with one foot turned over the edge of the step, veiled an unmistakable and vigorous... | |
 | David Fraser Fraser-Harris - 1928 - 288 pages
...happened. In Professor Osborn's words : " He raised his figure and his voice to their full height, and veiled an unmistakable and vigorous protest in the most gracious and dignified speech of thanks ". It was the fitting conclusion to a great career. Huxley died on June agth, 1895, and was buried... | |
 | Henry Fairfield Osborn - 1928 - 358 pages
...year before, but when Huxley arose he reminded one of a venerable gladiator returning to the arena after years of absence. He raised his figure and his voice to full height, and, with one foot turned over the edge of the step, veiled an unmistakable and vigorous... | |
 | New York Academy of Sciences - 1896 - 534 pages
...year before, but when Huxley arose he reminded you of a venerable gladiator returning to the arena after years of absence. He raised his figure and his...speech of thanks. Throughout the subsequent special seasons of this meeting Huxley could not appear. He gave the impression of being aged but not infirm,... | |
 | New York Academy of Sciences - 1896 - 1150 pages
...year before, but when Huxley arose he reminded you of a venerable gladiator returning to the arena after years of absence. He raised his figure and his...speech of thanks. Throughout the subsequent special sessons of this meeting Huxley could not appear. He gave the impression of being aged but not infirm,... | |
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