CHAPTER III. 



ORIGIN OF TASTE FOR SCIENCE. 



Preliminary Extracts at length Analysis ; Innate tastes 

 Fortunate accidents Indirect motives or opportunities 

 Professional duties Encouragement at home Influence 

 and encouragement of friends Influence and encourage- 

 ment of tutors Travel in distant parts Unclassed 

 residuum Summary Partial failures. 



WHAT were the motives that first induced the 

 men on my list to occupy themselves with 

 science ? 



A question such as this may seem hard to 

 answer, except in very general terms. Those 

 who are but little versed in statistics may be 

 daunted by reflecting on the infinite diversity 

 of characters and antecedents ; while those who 

 are, will be less easily discouraged. Reiterated 



