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"Father Remarkable energy of body up to 



the age of thirty, as shown Of mind 



Remarkable energy from early youth to his death 

 (brought on by accident at seventy-three), when 

 he was as actively engaged as ever in preparing 

 for experiments [official and of a very multifarious 

 kind]. Mother Remarkable energy of mind in 

 assisting her father in the preparation of his lec- 

 tures, and afterwards her husband in his official 

 correspondence and writings. After his death 

 she wrote largely in magazines, and set. eighty-five 

 published " Suggestions for .... [certain 

 improvements in administration]." 



8. " When under twenty, have walked twenty 

 miles before breakfast ; when about thirty-two, 

 walked forty-five miles ; dined and danced till two 

 in the morning without fatigue. At the age of 

 twenty-six, during fourteen days, was only three 

 hours per night in bed, and on two of the nights 

 was up all night preparing for . . . [certain 

 scientific work.] Fond of mountaineering." 



9. " Considerable energy and power of en- 

 during fatigue ; rough travelling on small means 



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