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# Verses by Julian Huxley, brother of the writer Aldous Huxley and grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, President of the Royal Society of London and corresponding member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
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- Published: 2024-09-15T17:35:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:32:39.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
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Verses by Julian Huxley, brother of the writer Aldous Huxley and grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, President of the Royal Society of London and corresponding member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. All three grandsons of that gentleman, by the way, became distinguished men, luminaries before whom one ought, properly speaking, to have knelt in prayer.

A literal translation, but even that will do

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