Thomas Henry Huxley sprang to prominence after the publication in 1859 of Darwin s On the Origin of Species led to his famous exchange with the Bishop of Oxford at the British Association. The argument generated so much emotion that one of the participants fainted, and Huxley soon became known as Darwins Bulldog. His views might appear to conflict, therefore, with Netties Moravian upbringing, but the couple worked hard towards finding a compromise. Huxley coined the term agnostic to describe his position and was always open ...
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Thomas Henry Huxley sprang to prominence after the publication in 1859 of Darwin s On the Origin of Species led to his famous exchange with the Bishop of Oxford at the British Association. The argument generated so much emotion that one of the participants fainted, and Huxley soon became known as Darwins Bulldog. His views might appear to conflict, therefore, with Netties Moravian upbringing, but the couple worked hard towards finding a compromise. Huxley coined the term agnostic to describe his position and was always open to debate and to new evidence. Nettie, too, allowed her own beliefs to evolve, abandoning the idea of original sin and exemplifying in her own life the ways in which a Christian reconciliation with the new ideas might work. Vividly brought to life in these pages is convict-era Australia, as well as the tall teas held for the elite of the day in her house in St Johns Wood by the much-loved and sociable Nettie. Her lively sense of humour, encapsulated in a children s book about a family of pigs called My Wife s Relations, is also evident in this lively and illustrated narrative written by one of the Huxleys many descendants."
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