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Thomas Henry Huxley

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The papers are printed and circulated among the members, and begin to form a little volume. Among the contributors have been Archbishop Huxley and Professor Manning.
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Bishop Connop Thirlwall Letters to a Friend (1881) p. 317.

 
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