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worked hard at business all clay (a very anxious 

 business), and at evening and night would work 

 hard at chemistry and geology. I found a won- 

 derful relief in science." (a, c) 



(7) "I believe the desire for information and 

 habits of observation to be in a great measure 

 innate. They were first developed by a little 

 elementary teaching in physics and chemistry, at 

 school, set. 7-13. I worked alone at science at 

 home, from the age of 11 years, where I was 

 encouraged by the example of an elder brother. 

 Subsequently, my pursuits were much influenced 

 by being thrown, at an early age, set. 19, on my 

 own judgment and resources. I founded a 

 mining colony in the backwoods of . . . . , and 

 had to carry it out with several thousand people, 

 quite alone," (a, e, h) 



(8) " .... I was always apt to observe 

 stones closely with regard to their qualities" 

 [but the scientific taste for geology was not 

 developed till after manhood], (z) 



