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and precision in the studies so important to 

 mental training shall endeavor to prevent the 

 necessary discipline from falling into a life- 

 less routine, alike deadening to the spirit of 

 teacher and pupil. It is farther my intention 

 to take the immediate charge of the instruc= 

 tion in Physical Geography, Natural History, 

 and Botany, giving a lecture daily, Saturdays 

 excepted, on one or other of these subjects, 

 illustrated by specimens, models, maps, and 

 drawings." 



In order not to interrupt the course of the 

 narrative, the history of this undertaking in 

 its sequence and general bearing on his life 

 and work may be completed here in a few 

 words. This school secured to him many 

 happy and comparatively tranquil years. It 

 enabled him to meet both domestic and scien- 

 tific expenses, and to pay the heavy debt he 

 had brought from Europe as the penalty of 

 his " Fossil Fishes " and his investigations on 



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the glaciers. When the school closed after 

 eight years he was again a free man. With 

 an increased salary from the college, and with 

 such provision for the Museum (thanks to the 

 generosity of the State and of individuals) as 

 rendered it in a great degree independent, he 

 was never again involved in the pecuniary 



