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they date from childhood. (2) As far back as 

 I can remember, I loved Nature and desired 

 to learn her secrets. (3) Always attracted by 

 men of ability. (4) From an early age I 

 was addicted to mechanical pursuits ; then to 

 chemistry. (5) Naturally fond of mechanics and 

 physical science. (6) My tastes were partly 

 natural, partly encouraged. (7) I remember [in- 

 cidents which proved an innate taste] before I 

 could write. (8) I had an innate wish for mis- 

 cellaneous information. (11) Primarily derived 

 [both by inheritance and education] from my 

 father. (16) I always regarded mathematics as 

 the method of obtaining both the most useful 

 and the most harmonious, &c. (17) My taste 

 for mathematics appears innate ; as a boy I 

 delighted in sums. (18) An early taste for 

 arithmetic, and in particular for long division 

 sums. 



Chemistry. 5 cases out of 11. (1) Thoroughly 

 innate. (2) Perhaps wholly innate. (3) I was 

 always observing and inquiring. (4) They date 

 from a very early period, and there was little to 



