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time I had already a considerable collection." 

 (a, c, e) 



(2) "A natural taste for observing and 

 generalizing, developed by noticing the fossili- 

 ferous rocks which happened to occur in the 

 neighbourhood of the school where I was. 

 Afterwards the surgeon to whom I was articled, 

 who had an observant mind, fostered my 

 tastes." (a, b,f) 



(3) " A natural taste. My interest in science 

 began very early, originating in a love of experi- 

 ment, at first in chemistry The ultimate 



direction of my scientific tastes dates after the 

 completion of my regular education." (a, c) 



(4) " I believe I may say, innate, to a very 

 considerable extent, not remembering that any 

 definite steps were taken to inculcate science. 

 I was indebted in a high degree to collections 

 made by my father and mother, in . . . . , and 

 to early familiarity with charts of those seas, 

 and conversations on matters pertaining thereto. 

 Afterwards, to going to Germany and finding in 



