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246 MY LIFEintercourse with most of them ;and of those stillamong us, I can only say here that I hope and believethey all continue to be my very good friends. I mayhave to refer to some of them again, in connectionwith special conditions of my life. Here I will onlygive a few indications as to my personal relationswith some of them.Of all those I have mentioned I became, I think,most intimate with Huxley. At an early date aftermy return home he asked me to his house inMarlborough Place, where I soon became veryfriendly with his children, then all quite young,all very animated, and not at all shy. Mrs. Huxleywas also exceedingly kind and pleasant, and thewhole domestic tone of the house was such as tomake me quite at my ease, which happens to mewith only a few persons. I used often to go there onSunday afternoons, or to spend the evening, while Iwas several times asked to dine to meet persons ofsimilar pursuits to my own.I often called in at Jermyn Street if I had anyquestion to ask Huxley, and he was always ready togive me all the information in his power ; while I ampretty sure I owe partly, if not largely, to his influencethe grant of the royal medal of the Royal Society,and perhaps also of the Darwin medal. Once onlythere was a partial disturbance of our friendly relations,of the exact cause of which I have no record orrecollection. I had published some paper in which,I believe, I had stated some view which he hadoriginated without mentioning his name, and in sucha way as to leave the impression that I put it forthas original. This I had no notion of doing ; but Ithink it was an idea which had become so familiar tome that I had quite forgotten who originated it. I