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the tastes were afterwards developed by a good 

 education. (6) Professor . . . /s lectures were 

 the origin of my interest in geology [It was the 

 earliest scientific pursuit of this correspondent]. 



Mechanical Science. None. 



H. TRAVEL IN DISTANT PARTS. 



There are only 8 cases in this group, namely, 

 those in which the aspects of nature under new 

 conditions have developed a love for science. 

 Few men of scientific training have had op- 

 portunities of distant travel, but on those few 

 their action has been very strong, especially as 

 regards biologists and physicists. I say nothing 

 here in respect to mere geographers, and quote 

 none of their replies, because its importance to 

 them requires neither proof nor comment. Men 

 are too apt to accept as an axiomatic law, not 

 capable of further explanation, whatever they 

 see recurring day after day without fail. So the 

 dog in the back yard looks on the daily arrival 

 of the postman, butcher, and baker as so many 



