192 ENGLISH MEN OF SCIENCE. [CHAP. 



Statistics. 1 at most out of 6. (2) My 

 interest in science was due to my having been 

 officially employed in a statistical inquiry. [It 

 is with much hesitation that I consent to enter 

 this as a case of "not innate."] 



SUMMARY OF RESULTS AS TO INNATE TASTES. 



A mere glance at the table and at the 

 foregoing extracts will probably be enough to 

 convince the reader that a strong and innate 

 taste for science is a prevailing characteristic 

 among scientific men ; also that the taste is 

 enduring. This latter peculiarity is by no 

 means a necessary consequence of the former; 



