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schoolmaster. Being carefully looked after by 

 my father and expected to do my best." 



(4) " My education was well balanced ; it 

 was general and of a very complete kind, in- 

 cluding chemistry, botany, logic and political 

 economy; but 3 years (set. 12-15) spent in 

 learning the Latin and Greek grammars were a 

 blank waste of time/' 



(5) "Education included French, German, 

 logic, natural philosophy, chemistry, besides 

 mathematics. I lived in a house where I saw 

 many people whose interests were of various 

 kinds, and I went to a day-school where I mixed 

 with the boys only when they were fresh and 

 active. Thus I had two outer worlds to balance 

 against each other. On the whole, I had, I 

 think, the greatest degree of freedom possible 

 to a boy." 



(6) "Was at school till set. 16, and with a 

 tutor in Germany for 6 months ; after then, 

 technical training and teaching. The education 

 was conducive both to observation and health. 



