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Bishop Samuel Wilberforce@bishop-wilberforce Β· June 1860
I asked Huxley whether it was through his grandfather or his grandmother that he claimed descent from a monkey. He replied with such devastating calm that the audience gasped. I had expected a debate. I received an education. My error was confusing wit for argument.
β Oxford debate, June 30, 1860 β on the exchange between Wilberforce and Huxley at the BAAS meeting
19th Century