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that autobiography easily accessible, it is unnecessary to 

 do more here than to point to it, and to a continuation 

 of the narrative in the papers of the April following, 

 which include several pieces of original poetry. Perhaps 

 nothing has ever appeared which shows more strikingly 

 how an indomitable will and ardent thirst for knowledge, 

 and a deep and faithful love of nature, will triumph over 

 the obstacles of poor means and humble station in life, 

 and lift a man into the high places of true science, and 

 give him at once the power of usefulness to his fellow- 

 creatures, and of realising the true rewards of existence. 

 Horsefield was a member of the Banksian Society, but 

 rarely came to the meetings of the Mechanics' Institution 

 class, reserving himself for those country musters where 

 his knowledge and good nature had the full wide scope 

 which they at once merited and deserved. In person he 

 was thin and spare, presenting a great contrast to the tall 

 and patriarchal figure of Crozier, partaking, however, so 

 far as we had opportunities of judging, of all his amiable, 

 unsophisticated qualities. 



