...some years since, yet perhaps many of us have at times felt with him : — " I protest," he said, " that if some great power would agree to make me always...sort of clock, and wound up every morning before I get oat of bed, I should instantly close with the offer." We might venture to suggest whether some...

...other unwise. Huxley, indeed, said in another place : — " 1 protest that if some great power could agree to make me always think what is true, and do...out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right ; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part...

...VII. In his address to the Young Men's Christian Society at Cambridge, Dr. Huxley writes, " I protest that if some great power would agree to make me always...out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. The only freedom that I care about is the freedom to do right ; the that is, ever to have been said...

...fact — namely, that it is a machine capable of adjusting itself within certain limits. I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always...out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right ; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part...

...fact — namely, that it is a machine capable of adjusting itself within certain limits. I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, 0n condition of being turned into a sort of clock and wound up every morning before I got out of bed,...

...physiological doctrine of volition, makes the following practical proposition : " I protest," he says, " that if some great power would agree to make me always...of bed, I should instantly close with the offer." We think it would be hard for Prof. Huxley to show, on his own ground, that he is not already moved...

...the Spectator when it was delivered, he expresses a wish that some great power would always make him think what is true and do what is right, on condition...a sort of clock, and wound up every morning before he got out of bed: he says, "I should instantly close with the offer." It is not a noble view of the...

...a mistake. * Professor Huxley considers that man is a bungle. At all events he would be glad to be "turned into a sort of clock, and wound up every morning before he got out of bed," on condition that he should always "think what is true, and do what is right."...

...the Young Men's Christian Association of Cambridge, England, he speaks of freedom thus : " I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always...of bed, I should instantly close with the offer." Now these few words show plainly, first, that Professor Huxley is conscious of possessing Freedom,...

...would :...,' .' '.i >"".'-" <i'>S' .... agree to make me always think what is true and do $t''f i' what is right, on condition of being turned into a...of bed, I should instantly close with the offer." Now these few words show plainly, first, that ,. , . Professor Huxley is conscious of possessing Freedom,...