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habits, 104 ; Memory, 107 ; viz. good verbal, 109 ; good for 

 facts and figures, 111 ; for form, 113 ; good, but no particulars 

 given, 117 ; bad, 120. Independence of character, 121 ; ditto of 

 the parents, 122 ; small religious sects, 123 ; Mechanical apti- 

 tudes, 124 ; Eeligious bias, 126 ; definition of religion, 127 ; 

 religious sentiment weak, accompanied with scepticism, 130 ; 

 intellectual interest in religious topics, 130 ; dogmatic interest, 

 131 ; religious bias, 131 ; ditto with intellectual scepticism, 

 134. Effect of creed on research, 135, viz. no deterrent effect, 

 135 ; no dread of inquiry, 136 ; religion and science have 

 different spheres, 136 ; liberality of early teaching, 137 ; have 

 early abandoned creeds, 138 ; creed has had good effect 

 on research, 139; has had some deterrent effect, 140. Truth- 

 fulness, 141. 



CHAPTER III. 



ORIGIN OF TASTE FOR SCIENCE. 



Preliminary, 144 ; Extracts at length, viz : physics, 149 ; mathe- 

 matics, 155 ; chemistry, 158 ; geology, 161 ; zoology, 165 ; 

 botany, 176; medicine, 180 ; statistics, 182; mechanics, 184. 

 Analysis of replies, viz.: tastes strongly innate, 186 ; decidedly 

 not innate, 191 ; tastes bearing remotely on science, 194 ; innate 

 tastes not very hereditary, 196 ; fortunate accidents, 198 ; 

 indirect motives or opportunities, 199 ; professional duties, 202 ; 

 encouragement at home, 205 ; influence and encouragement of 

 friends, 211 ; ditto of tutors, 215 ; Scotch and English system 

 of tuition, 215 ; travel in distant parts, 218 ; unclassed resi- 

 duum, 221 ; Summary, 222 ; Deep movements in national 

 life, 227 ; Waste of powers, 228 ; Partial failures, 230 ; 

 Genius, 233. 



