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not expect to see me here." " Well," said Smith, 

 looking up, " if I had it would have been on a 

 pinnacle." 



In the department of Anatomy and Physiology 

 his brother Montagu read a paper of which the 

 Times wrote : 



The paper of most general interest was probably 

 that by Dr. Montagu Lubbock, on the development of 

 the colour sense. It has been a favourite theory recently, 

 countenanced by the name of Gladstone, that the sense 

 for colour is of comparatively recent development, but 

 the exact researches of Dr. Lubbock do not lend much 

 countenance to the theory, though he himself seems to 

 think that it ought to be true. 



Sir John's abilities and achievements were 

 so very remarkable that they have rather cast 

 into the shade the talents, far above the average, 

 of several of his brothers, none of whom, however, 

 showed his extraordinary industry and facility 

 of economising time. Besides the Bank, in 

 which Henry and Beaumont were partners, 

 there was another family business, connected 

 with the West Indies, under the name at first of 

 Cavan & Co., and later of Cavan, Lubbock & Co., 

 into which some of the brothers went on leaving 

 Eton. Sir Nevile, 1 the present Governor of the 

 Royal Exchange Assurance, distinguished him- 

 self later as chairman of the West Indian Com- 

 mittee. Frederick was one of the brothers who 

 shared Sir John's interest in scientific pursuits. 

 Edgar, at one time thinking of entering the legal 

 profession, came out head of a long list of candi- 

 dates in the solicitors' preliminary examination. 



1 Since the above was written, Sir Nevile died quite suddenly on 

 September 12, 1914. 



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