LIFE OF TEGETMEIER 



he meant, and meant what he said, whether you 

 liked it or not." 



Not less conspicuous were the whole-hearted 

 energy and singleness of purpose with which 

 he applied himself to any matter he might take 

 in hand ; and this was the more noteworthy 

 when the variety and breadth of his interests 

 are considered. He was universally regarded as 

 the final dictator in all relating to poultry : to 

 many he was known as the first authority of the 

 day on questions relating to the pheasant ; to 

 others he was the man who made the uses of the 

 homing pigeon his speciality ; the Fellows of 

 the Zoological Society knew him as the author of 

 thoughtful and informing papers on subjects so 

 diverse as Abnormal Plumage in the Domestic 

 Fowl and the Breeding of Salmon ; at one stage 

 of his career he was the man who knew more 

 about bees and bee-culture than anyone else in 

 England ; there were those who knew him as 

 an authority on the works of the poet Shelley ; 

 and yet again, a very large number to whom 

 he was the best authority on domestic economics 

 and female education. 



And the remarkable thing is that all these 

 different groups were right ; when he took up 

 any subject he worked at it until he had made 

 himself its master, and felt entitled to speak 

 or write upon it. He held in utter contempt 

 the mere smattering of knowledge : and when 



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