ii.] QUALITIES. 107 



herited. First, independence of judgment which 

 prompted me to learn for myself what I wanted 

 to know. Secondly, earnestness, determination, 

 and perseverance in acquiring such knowledge, 

 often under difficulties, and in the face of routine 

 business occupation ; and thirdly, a business- 

 like, practical, logical way of looking at things, 

 which enabled me to direct attention to the 

 important and relevant, neglecting the unim- 

 portant and irrelevant points in what I had to 

 study and do." 



MEMORY. 



Memory is very variable in power and char- 

 acter, perhaps no other quality is more so. It 

 is an important ingredient in that aggregate of 

 faculties which form general scientific ability, as 

 is shown by the fact that about one quarter of 

 the men on my list possess it in a high degree, 

 but it is not an essential one, because it is 

 defective in about one case in fourteen. A 

 good memory is of greater importance to the 

 young student who has much to learn, than 



