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(2) " Decidedly innate. The science of .... 

 was well taught at the university of . . . . , where 

 I studied, set. 16-18, and accidentally this be- 

 came serviceable to me when employed as an 

 engineer by .... The friendship of .... ma- 

 terially affected my career. My tastes were not 

 largely developed by events occurring after 

 manhood." (a, 6, d,f) 



(3) "Family tradition derived through my 

 mother's side. My profession fell in with my 

 natural tastes, such as sketching." (c, d, e) 



(4) u Innate, I think, as regards certain quali- 

 ties of mind, which led me, under the pressure of 

 circumstances, to direct my attention to certain 

 things in a certain way, namely, (1) independence 

 of judgment ; (2) earnestness of purpose ; (3) a 

 practical, clear-headed, common sense, logical 

 way of viewing things." (c, d) 



(5) " I cannot say whether they were innate. 

 I was always brought up in a half-scientific, half- 

 literary atmosphere, and was a fair mathema- 

 tician as a boy, as well as a fair classic and 



