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[On May 28th he sent the following answers to the ques- 

 tions that Mr. Galton was at that time addressing to various 

 scientific men, in the course of the inquiry which is given in 

 his 'English Men of Science, their Nature and Nurture,' 1874. 

 With regard to the questions, my father wrote, " I have filled 

 up the answers as well as I could, but it is simply impossible 

 for me to estimate the degrees." For the sake of convenience, 

 the questions and answers relating to " Nurture " are made to 

 precede those on " Nature." 



,How taught? 



Conducive to or restrictive 

 of habits of observation. 



Conducive to health or 

 otherwise ? 



Peculiar merits ? 

 Chief omissions. 



Has the religious creed taught 

 in your youth had any deter- 

 rent effect on the freedom of 

 your researches ? 



Do your scientific tastes appear 

 to have been innate ? 



Were they determined by any 

 and what events ? 



I consider that all I have learnt of 

 any value has been self-taught. 



Restrictive of observation, being 

 almost entirely classical. 



Yes. 



None whatever. 



No mathematics or modern languages, 

 nor any habits of observation or 

 reasoning. 



No. 



Certainly innate. 



My innate taste for natural history 

 strongly confirmed and directed by 

 the voyage in the Beagle. 



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