Huxleian

There is an occasional dig into the Huxleian anatomy, given with all the politeness of a Louis-the-Fifteenthian

Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 16, 1892 Various

Huxleian law in honour of its formulator -- namely, that the differences in organisation between man and the most advanced apes we know are much slighter than the corresponding differences in organisation between the higher and lower apes.

The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876

This important Huxleian law, the chief consequence of which is "the descent of man from the ape," has lately been confirmed in an interesting and unexpected way from the side of the experimental physiology of the blood.

The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876

Until recently, the Huxleian nightmare seemed a more distant prospect …

Irish Blogs 2010

Darwin–I’m assuming we’re talking Charles Darwin–was skeptical by 1839 and had almost certainly renounced what was left of his religious faith and was an agnostic in the Huxleian sense after 1851, the year his 10-year-old daughter died.

Your Creation Museum Report « Whatever 2007

We may now, therefore, complete the Huxleian law we have already quoted with the following thesis: "Whatever system of organs we take, a comparison of their modifications in the series of Catarrhines always leads to the same conclusion; the anatomic differences that separate man from the most advanced Catarrhines (orang, gorilla, chimpanzee) are not as great as those that separate the latter from the lowest Catarrhines

The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876

This was Rolleston's practice; but it may be noted that Professor Ray Lankester has always maintained and further developed "the original Huxleian plan of beginning with the same microscopic forms" as being a most important philosophic improvement on Rolleston's plan, and giving, he considers, "the truer

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Shakespearean gaiety of touch, which made the old man one of the most delightful companions in the world, were essentially Huxleian. "]

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860