Confessions of a Naturalist 5 



chant, Manufacturer, Collector, Improver, Professor, 

 Teacher, Surveyor, Draftsman, Architect, Engineer, 

 Pulmist, Author, Editor, Bookseller, Librarian, Sec- 

 retary . . . and I hardly know myself vv^hat I may 

 not become as yet: since whenever I apply myself to 

 anything, ivhich I like, I never fail to succeed if de- 

 pending on me alone, unless impeded and prevented 

 by lack of means, or the hostility of the foes of man- 

 kind. 



God gave one ever-useful attribute — realistic apprecia- 

 tion of my own limitations. This has saved me from taking 

 positions which I knew I could not fill acceptably and 

 generally from biting off more than I could chew. 



