...fallen have been incisively criticized ; and some misbelievers have not even hesitated to assert that ' extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every...the strangled snakes beside that of Hercules,* and that the 'cosmogony of the semi-barbarous Hebrew is the incubus of the philosopher and the opprobrium...

...unfortunate, and the like of him, must forthwith be gored. It is with grim satisfaction he exclaims, ' Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every...science, as the strangled snakes beside that of Hercules. ' But those for whom Dr. Huxley is a Gamaliel should not forget that his bete noir is only orthodoxy....

...indeed, but imaginary. Mr. Huxley, with grim satisfaction, points to the " extinguished theologians that lie about the cradle of every science, as the strangled snakes beside that of Hercules/' and he is thought to be proving that theology, nay, the old religion itself, has expired with its defenders....

...launching out in the same strain, as in the following passage, which the reader will likely recognize : " Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every...crushed, if not annihilated ; scotched, if not slain." 3 Here, it will be observed, the agony is piled up with telling effect, all to the glory of the scientific...

...have been fairly opposed, the latter has been forced to retire from the lists, crushed and bleeding, if not annihilated ; scotched, if not slain. But orthodoxy...world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget ; and though, at present, bewildered and afraid to move, it is as willing as ever to assert that the...

...launching out in the same strain, as in the f ollowing passage, which the reader will likely recognize : Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every...strangled snakes beside that of Hercules ; and history record s that whenever science and orthodoxy have been fairly opposed, the latter has been forced to...

...has been amply avenged. Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science. (Christian) orthodoxy is the Bourbon of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget ; and, though at present bewildered and afraid to move, it is as willing as ever to insist that the...

...the same party? It is true that, if philosophers have suffered, their cause has been amply revenged. Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science, as the strangled snakes about that of Hercules ; and history records that, whenever science and orthodoxy have been fairly...

...launching out in the same strain, as in the following passage, which the reader will likely recognize : Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science as the strangled snakes heside that of Hercules; and history records that whenever science and orthodoxy have been fairly opposed,...

...atmosphere to the earth, and to * For this figure I acknowledge my indebtedness to Prof. Huxley, who says, " Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science, as the strangled snakes about that of Hercules." This piragraph was written in the summer of 1878. Perhaps before its publication...