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tabulation ; none from my father. I cannot 

 [otherwise] trace the origin of my interest in 

 science, nor were my tastes largely determined 

 by events after manhood." (a) 



(4) "I should be much inclined to think there 

 was an innate tendency, but that the tastes 

 were developed by a good and for the most 

 part suitable education. When at my first 

 school, aet. 10| 12, the head-master gave very 

 clear occasional lessons in moral and economical 

 subjects. I can remember vividly to the present 

 day the impression which those lessons made 

 upon me. As I am not aware that the other 

 boys in the class were equally impressed, I think 

 I must have had an innate interest in those 

 subjects ; but the lessons probably increased the 

 interest very much." (a, 6, g) 



(5) "I cannot distinguish between what I 

 may have derived from nature and what I may 

 have acquired from intercourse with my father 

 and certain of his friends. When I was 11 years 

 old, my father gave a series of lectures on 

 electricity, mechanics, astronomy, and pneuma- 



