Method and results : essays / by Thomas H. Huxley.

  • Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895.
Date:
1893
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    Ill ON THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE> [1868] In order to make the title of this discourse generally intelligible, I have translated the term Protoplasm, which is the scientific name of the substance of which I am about to speak, by the words the physical basis of life. I suppose that, to many, the idea that there is such a thing as a physical basis, or matter, of life may be novel— ^ The substance of this paper was contained in a discourse which was delivered in Edinburgh on the evejiing of Sunday, the 8th of November, 1868—being the first of a series of Sun- day evening addresses upon non-theological topics, instituted b}' the Rev. J. Cranbroolc. Some phrases, which could possess only a transitory and local interest have been omitted ; instead of the newspaper report of the Archbishop of York's address, his Grace's subseqiiently published pamphlet On, the Limits of Philosoijhical Inquiry is quoted ; and 1 have, here and there, endeavoured to express my meaning more fully and clearly than I seem to have done in speaking—if I may judge by sundry criticisms upon what I am supposed to have said, which have appeared, liut in substance, and, so far as my recollection serves, in form, what is here written corresponds with what was there said,