, 1876-08-30
HUXLEY.
His Address to tho American Scientific Asso.
GIaEInHx

His Address to tho Amorfcan Scientific Asso.
eIatIon.
Dispsicato Nt,o rork 'zribuss.
BUFFALO, aug. e5.-Prof. Huxley arrived
hero lust night, md Intended the meeting Of tho
American Association this mor1,inE. lie wns
introduced by the President, Prof. Rogers, In a
few fitting remarks Of Welcome. Tho audience
was very large and enthusiastic prut. Huxley
replied substantially IS follows:
Permit me In the first place to offer you my most
hearty thanks for this, 1wonla not nay unexpected
welcome, because evorywhero alnco fAn4cd in
amfs es hSs PssV Ct s n oss s
ways .heayht il iho highest oloqnvace 10 con,
words. havo been told that tt Would 6c
grat!fylng to yon to haTo mo say aomss.hinR, but
Stn Will Ss ny tssH1s d s
escd tha! The special instinct q curiosity Is alto,
inmcdtstoy I'll my arrival IN boins inter1lcwcIby
two actlvo anil Intelligent representatives Of your
S p, e me- sSres Of nqsss e
afraId has to dismiss then, with scant couftesy.
of ssne1a is ot this eosnty 'o'
sIRce my arrival ! hase learnca gfeat p'nny
thlnss, norc. think ttan eyet brfoss IN IN equal
always taken . lively INTEREST III Xmcrlca; but
think no Englishman who has not had the good f1t.
aeisity Of tho population. she saormess distances
which separate the great centrea and lea1t Of ail do
Nnglishmon understand how Identical d ttle grent
Englishmau with whom have been talking slnce
my Arrival nays: " cannut find that am ahtoad.
ne m ssat 5 o o II
Your beautiful Hudson rominds me Of Scotch
lake; The marks VI g!acia.ten r. your hills re-
1 ha,l heurd Of tic degeneration OF your stoc!t
from tho English typo. havb not perceived Il.
sss Gd and ois entea n
English feeling somowhat keeniy",hat there was =
,ssse wo1sn we,s s'te s ' T. hs vor no
mine; Wsll, / have stnS!cd no s.rsst e t!'s M
tnces, tho main difference as e tho men being
's ssiy VIZ y uss hs @s ess
sn, think ths average hsts fully q grsat AZ on
y Nett6 Ainerlsen type:" Ieu havo among yua
yiGs u ass %s as {. e
taks sys{ With y ths pl9!ss sa ri
itsslf upon nc. have visited son,e OF your grcht
1a wos :; In tas New a esan
among US Il almost unknown. Tie general notion
Of a,. Engshman when he gets rich Is to fuuul mn
estate and benuAt hla fu,ntly. The
general notion Or an American When
! fortunate is to do something for tho
good OF tho people, aud from which benefits shall
cnntlnnu to Gow. This latter Ia tho l0blcr Alnbl.
| ton.
II IL popplnrly said abroad that yon have no m.
tlQuitlrs In America. II you talk nbbut the
trGmpery Of threu OF four thousand years OF his.
tory, 1t Ia trt.o ltnt, III tho large scllsc, ru
fcrrnx 10 tfnlca before man made hfs r,0.noutary
appearance, Aniufica IL thu place to study
tfl6 antianitIos OF tho glohe. The rna1ty Of
! t!.e enormous amount Of material hero has
fur amrpaoscd my anticipation. have atudlcd tho
collection gathered by FfDf. Marsh ut New 1aYcn.
| Thcre ia nono Hike Il In Europe, not only In px-
tent Of tins covered, bAt By reason Of it, bear
! Ing OIL t!io problem Of Evolution Whereas, be-
foro this collection made, Evolution wa mat
ter OF speculative reasoning, Il IL now matter Of
fact aud history, ns mich "a tho hlonMT1e1ita Of
Egypt. In that collection ate tho facts Of the sue
csssion OF forms and the history of theie eyoiutt0
| All that now remains 10 hs asked IL, ikowr and
| that II a subordinate question:. With such mat
| tcrs as this beloro my .ntn.l. ynu will ex-
| cnaa tue II cannot find thopghta appropfi.
| ute TO- th!a occasion. ! would that
might have Offered something mara worthy;
but hopo thai your Association may do what tils
tItIt'sh Association Is aoug. Inlay SOW tste seeds
bf ac1cnt!Mc inquiry In your cities Anl vIilngcs,
whcncD shall arise process uf Hatutal selection by
which those minds buat lifted for thp task may h0
] Jed to http on tho wDFk In which we arc Ill IN.
tercatcd. Again thank yon for your excessive
cotrtesy, and, may allnost say. a0cctonato TO-