J. Cranbrook. 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
subsequently published pamphlet On the Limits of Philosophical inquiry
is quoted, and I 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. But in substance, and, so far as my recollection
serves, in form, what is here written corresponds with what was there
said."--Huxley.]
[Footnote 93: Finner whale: a name given to a whale which has a dorsal
fin. A Finner whale commonly measures from 60 to 90 feet in length.]
[Footnote 94: A fortiori: with stronger reason: still more
conclusively.]
[Footnote 95: well-known epigram: from Goethe's Venetianische Epigramme.
The following is a translation of the passage: Why do the people push
each other and shout? They want to work for their living, bring forth
children; and feed them as well as they possibly can. . . . No man can
attain to more, however much he may pretend to the contrary.]
[Footnote 96: Maelstroms: a celebrated whirlpool or violent current in
the Arctic Ocean, near the western coast of Norway, between the islands
of Moskenaso and Mosken, formerly supposed to suck in and destroy
everything that approached it at any time, but now known not to be
dangerous except under certain conditions.
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