Biographer Harold H. Watts wrote that Huxley's writings in the "final and extended period of his life" are "the work of a man who is meditating on the central problems of many modern men".
baɪˈɑːɡɹəfɚ hˈæɹəld ˈeɪtʃ. wˈɑːts ɹˈoʊt ðæt hˈʌksliz ɹˈaɪɾɪŋz ɪnðə "fˈaɪnəl ænd ɛkstˈɛndᵻd pˈiəɹɪəd ʌv hɪz lˈaɪf" ɑːɹ "ðə wˈɜːk əvə mˈæn hˌuː ɪz mˈɛdᵻtˌeɪɾɪŋ ɔnðə sˈɛntɹəl pɹˈɑːbləmz ʌv mˈɛni mˈɑːdɚn mˈɛn".