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pausing, as if to impress his hearer with its impor- 

 tance, "and the third," here a much longer pause 

 than any of the others even, "is WORK!" and he 

 emphasized the word with all his power. Whether 

 borrowed or not, the phrase contained then, as it 

 does now, the only solution to the question. This is 

 what we did at Penikese Island. 



The lectures of Professor Agassiz are so individu- 

 alized in character that they may very properly form 

 a distinctive feature of this little sketch of our school. 

 There are, no doubt, flaws in the matter, which is 

 here presented as "notes" only, but if such occur, 

 they will doubtless be due more to the youth and in- 

 experience of the pupil who took them down than to 

 the possibility of mistake on the part of the lecturer; 

 but, such as they are, we give them to the reader. 



Professor Agassiz's first lecture was made up of 

 somewhat disconnected suggestions as to the manner 

 in which we should go to work to study the material 

 to be found at hand, about and around us, upon the 

 island. He said: 



"I would call your attention first to the soil and 

 geological formation of our island. Points of com- 

 pass are a very essential feature in geological forma- 

 tion. We find that the barracks lie nearly east and 

 west. You will then find that the islands are cut in- 

 to by numerous bays, necks of land, etc., and the 

 question arises how are these formed? Then you 

 must find out all about the rocks, their connection 

 with the island and their connection with each other: 

 the difference in the material beyond the rocks and 

 beneath them; the difference of soil; and then how 

 the whole resemble those of the adjoining islands. 

 Find if there be any evidence of these islands ever 

 having been connected. In our investigations we 

 must deal with facts of Nature this teaches us always 

 to submit to truth. 



"Now let us turn our attention to the jelly fishes, 

 barnacles, fishes, etc., which will form our chief study 



