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vances, physics, and chemistry. I earnestly 

 desired to be an engineer, but the fact that I had 

 a .... [near relative] a medical man, led to 

 my being apprenticed to him, and I took to 

 physiology and anatomy, as the engineering 

 side of my profession. [The inclinations above 

 mentioned were] altogether innate, and, so far 

 as I know, not hereditary ; neither of my 

 parents nor any of the family showing any 

 trace of the like tendencies. My appoint- 

 ment to the surveying ship .... made me 

 a comparative anatomist, by affording opportu- 

 nities for the investigation of the structure of 

 the lower animals. My appointment to .... 

 forced me to palaeontology." (a, c, d, h) 



(14) " My school nickname was e Archimedes ; ' 

 I was always fond of construction. If I had 

 followed my own bent, I should probably have 

 been [successful as] an engineer. My turn for 

 scientific inquiry led me in early life to sys- 

 tematise and generalise the knowledge of 

 others. Latterly I have felt more interest 

 in original investigations." (a, c) 



