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(2) " Decidedly innate. The science of .... 

 was well taught at the university of . . . . , where 

 I studied, set. 16-18, and accidentally this be- 

 came serviceable to me when employed as an 

 engineer by .... The friendship of .... ma- 

 terially affected my career. My tastes were not 

 largely developed by events occurring after 

 manhood. " (a, 6, d,f) 



(3) "Family tradition derived through my 

 mother's side. My profession fell in with my 

 natural tastes, such as sketching." (c, d, e) 



(4) " Innate, I think, as regards certain quali- 

 ties of mind, which led me, under the pressure of 

 circumstances, to direct my attention to certain 

 things in a certain way, namely, (1) independence 

 of judgment ; (2) earnestness of purpose ; (3) a 

 practical, clear-headed, common sense, logical 

 way of viewing things." (c, d) 



(5) "I cannot say whether they were innate. 

 I was always brought up in a half-scientific, half- 

 literary atmosphere, and was a fair mathema- 

 tician as a boy, as well as a fair classic and 



