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tern inculcated long prevented me giving my 

 religious feelings and aspirations full sway." 



Has had some deterrent effect. 1. "Cer- 

 tainly the narrow . . . ism of early youth 

 made me for a long time a timid thinker." 

 2. " To a certain extent, yes not in philo- 

 sophical research ; but I shrink from the 

 disturbance of mind (not fear of ultimate con- 

 sequences) which I know would follow diving 

 into certain questions of the day, connected 

 with early religious teachings." 3. " No ; for 

 some time it may have hindered me." 4. " It 

 certainly would have had that tendency, though 

 not that effect, if my researches had taken cer- 

 tain directions." 5. " Would have been so had 

 I not fought against it." 6. "The ' Biblical 

 faith ' prevented my getting good geological 

 views for many years, by having set my 

 thoughts in the old grooves, and thus limited 

 them/' 7. "I think not. I emancipated my- 

 self from dogmatic trammels early in life, but 

 not without a struggle." 8. "After about ten 

 years' careful consideration of the facts, called 



