THOMAS EDWARD. 



cotlaxd lias reared prominent men in 

 almost every branch of scientific and 

 philosophic literature. Her annals 

 are full of the records of men who, 

 with no greater stock in trade than 

 average brains, indomitable perse- 

 verance and laborious consistency 

 in a particular direction have yet be- 

 come renowned in the specific branch 

 or branches of study to which they 

 have devoted attention. The country beyond the Tweed 

 in fact breeds men, but cannot keep them, and British 

 reputation has been ably maintained and increased by 

 numerous examples furnished by her sturdy sons. 



Many eminent naturalists are of Scotch birth or 

 descent ; but it is only with one of them that at the 

 moment we wish to deal, and he is so thoroughly repre- 

 sentative of a large number of his countrymen, that a 

 brief sketch of his life will but illustrate much that 

 might be said of many. 



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