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ANOTHER remarkable side of Huxley's mind was his interest in and study of metaphysics. When the Metaphysical Society was started in 1869, there was some doubt among the promoters whether Huxley and Tyndall should be invited to join or not. Mr. Knowles was commissioned to come and consult me. I said at once that to draw the line at the opinions which they were known to hold would, as it seemed to me, limit the field of discussion, and there would always be doubts as to when the forbidden region began; that I had understood there was to be perfect freedom, and that though Huxley's and Tyndall's: views might be objectionable to others of our members, I would answer for it that there could be nothing in the form of expression of which any just complaint could be made.
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Huxley's Life and Work1 II.. Nature 63, 116–119 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/063116a0
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