Finally, the Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce, rose to speak. Wilberforce had been briefed {or so it is generally assumed} by the ardent anti-Darwinian Richard Owen, who had been a guest in his home the night before. As nearly always with events that end in uproar, accounts of what exactly transpired vary widely. In the most popular version, Wilberforce, when properly in flow, turned to Huxley with a dry smile and demanded of him whether he claimed attachment to the apes by way of his grandmother or grandfather.
( Bill Bryson )
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