It was, and is, widely believed that Huxley was nearly blind since the illness in his teens, despite the partial recovery that had enabled him to study at Oxford.
ɪt wˈʌz, ænd ɪz, wˈaɪdli bᵻlˈiːvd ðæt hˈʌksli wʌz nˌɪɹli blˈaɪnd sˈɪns ðɪ ˈɪlnəs ɪn hɪz tˈiːnz, dᵻspˈaɪt ðə pˈɑːɹʃəl ɹᵻkˈʌvɚɹi ðæt hæd ɛnˈeɪbəld hˌɪm tə stˈʌdi æɾ ˈɑːksfɚd.