...there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling, it would rather be a man . . . who . . . plunges into scientific questions with which he has no real acquaintance, only to ... distract the attention of his hearers from the real point at issue by ... skilled appeals to religious...

...would rather be a man, a man of restless and versatile intellect, who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...distract the attention of his hearers from the real points at issue by eloquent digressions and skilled appeals to religious prejudice. Huxley later demurred...

...rather be a man — a man of restless and versatile intellect — who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions and skilled appeals to religious prejudice. "* (LIFE AND LETTERS, I, 199) Huxley's adroitness in turning the fire back on the attacker came out...

...rather be a man — [a man of restless and versatile intellect — who, not content with equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...he has no real acquaintance, only to obscure them with an aimless rhetoric, and to distract the attention of his hearers from the real point at issue...

...intellect who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into scientilic questions with which he has no real acquaintance,...distract the attention of his hearers from the real Î97 HOWARD IIYDl: • MICK IMLAH point at issue by eloquent digressions and skilled appeals to religious...

...would rather be a man - a man of restless and versatile intellect - who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions and skilled appeals to religious prejudice." This effective 'put down' of rhetoric is, of course, itself a rhetorical triumph. This illustrates...

...there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling it would rather be a man . . . who . . . plunges into scientific questions with which he has...digressions and skilled appeals to religious prejudice." The extent of animal deception is only now becoming clear. Stick insects, for example, have a natural...

...whom I should feel shame in recalling, it would rather be a man who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...questions with which he has no real acquaintance." At this slur on the clergy bedlam broke out in the lecture room and ladies fainted from shock. From...

...rather be a man — a man of restless and versatile intellect — who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions and skilled appeals to religious prejudice. With crisp clarity Huxley summarized Darwin's theory, gave a thumbnail sketch ofsalient evidence, and...

...connected with a man who used his great gifts to obscure the truth — 'who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...acquaintance, only to obscure them by an aimless rhetoric'. So devastating was this unscripted retort that a lady in the audience, staggered at the sight of a...