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farm in Farmington, and the following winter in Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., under the direction of Mr. Dwight, to which 

 we have already referred. The next summer (1840) was 

 spent in Farmington, in work on the farm, and the fol- 

 lowing winter (1840-41) in New Haven, attending lec- 

 tures upon chemistry, mineralogy, and natural philoso- 

 phy. We must not omit to mention also, that he attended 

 the lectures of Dr. Taylor, on theology, for, though it 

 is a part of an agricultural education which might be 

 omitted, it seems like going back to a better age, to be- 

 hold the science of theology brought within the range 

 of the studies of a well educated man. Mr. Norton 

 made this year his first public effort. He delivered a 

 well written and interesting lecture before a Lyceum, in 

 the place of his residence, upon the subject of birds, and 

 defended their cause so well, as to secure the passage of 

 a law, at the next town-meeting, for their protection. 

 The summer of 1841 was spent as usual on the farm, and 

 the winter (1841-42) at New Haven, in the laboratory 

 of the Professors Silliman. The next summer (1842) was 

 passed at home, and the following winter (1842-43) in 

 Boston, where he attended courses of lectures on chem- 

 istry and anatomy, and also the lectures of Doct. Harris, 

 on entomology, and of Prof. Greenleaf, on law. The 

 summer of 1843 was spent in Farmington, and this sea- 

 son he took the entire charge of a portion of his father's 



