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order, that the worker must lose himself and his lower aims in his 

 work, and in so doing find his highest reward ; for the profit of his 

 labor shall be, in the language of one of old, to the glory of the Cre- 

 ator and to the relief of man's estate." 



BRAIN-WEIGHT AND BRAIN-POWER * 



By J. P. II. BOILEAU, B. A., M. D. 



ALTHOUGH the connection between the relative weight of man's 

 brain and his intellectual development is very well known, and 

 several illustrations of this connection have been published, I feel 

 assured that the following notes of a remarkable case may not only 

 well be added to the list of those already recorded, but that it is de- 

 sirable that this should be done. It is the case of an officer who died 

 at Netley last year, and I am indebted to a published memoir for some 

 particulars of his life. 



A Scotchman by birth and parentage, he received his early educa- 

 tion in Edinburgh, and afterward went to Wimbledon School previous 

 to entering Addiscombe, where his career was exceptionally brilliant. 

 At the final examination there, he scored an unusual total of marks, 

 gained the sword of honor and Pollock medal, and several prizes for 

 specific subjects. On leaving Addiscombe in 1858 he proceeded to 

 India, where he was employed altogether in civil duties. At the time 

 of his death he was superintendent of the telegraph department. With 

 no military distinctions, he was, nevertheless, one of the foremost men 

 in his corps. Highly gifted intellectually, duty no less than inclina- 

 tion prompted him to cultivate his mind as a preparation for advance- 

 ment, for he held strongly that no one is fit for highly responsible 

 positions who fails to keep himself as far as possible on a level with 

 current events, and with the thoughts, investigations, and discoveries 

 of the day. His wide reading and tenacious memory made him a man 

 of mark in any society. His opinions were his own, formed independ- 

 ently, expressed, if necessary, forcibly, and followed always coura- 

 geously. He was an exceptional man, and his large-hearted and wide- 

 reaching sympathy won him admiration and love among high and low. 

 His remarkable qualities were as conspicuous in his earlier as in his 

 later years. He was a standard of conduct to his schoolfellows, and, 

 when at Addiscombe, the governor did him the extraordinary honor 

 of making a private report to the Board of Directors of the East India 

 Company, which was quoted by the chairman on the examination day. 

 The reputation with which he started increased daily, and was sustained 

 to the last. But the strain was too great. Exposure to a pernicious 

 climate and his physical strength led him to expose himself only too 



