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Zoology. (3) The help of .... has aided 

 me immensely. (10) I was much under the in- 

 fluence of a remarkable man, a most accomplished 

 naturalist. (23) The example of many men 

 whom I knew when I was young, proved a great 

 stimulus and incentive, (24) I can trace it dis- 

 tinctly to my intercourse with certain professors. 



Botany. (5) .... was subsequently en- 

 couraged by [eminent botanists]. (9) I was 

 thrown into the society of a gentleman who took 

 much interest in botany. (10) They were de- 

 termined afterwards by .... and the friend- 

 ship and encouragement of the four greatest 

 British botanists of the day. 



Medical Science. (1) [Partly] to the friend- 

 ship of three eminent botanists. (7) Accidentally 

 [directed] to medicine by associating with a 

 medical friend in a superficial study of botany. 



Statistics. (5) [Partly] from intercourse with 

 my father and certain of his friends. 



Mechanical Science. (2) The friendship of 

 .... materially influenced my career. 



