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elementary phenomena, not to be barked at or 

 wondered about. Travel in distant countries, by 

 unsettling these quasi- axiomatic ideas, restores 

 to the educated man the freshness of childhood 

 in observing new things and in seeking reasons 

 for all he sees. 



I believe that a handsome endowment of 

 travelling fellowships, thoroughly well paid, with 

 extra allowance for any special work allotted to 

 their holders, given only to young men of high 

 qualifications, and lasting for at least 5 years, 

 would be money well bestowed in the furtherance 

 of science. 



Physics and Mathematics. (3) To some ex- 

 tent my tastes were determined by events after 

 manhood, because for 10 years I held positions of 

 great responsibility [in distant parts of the 

 world], but I consider they were formed in my 

 youth. (9) Ocean voyaging in the beginning of 

 life ; solitary observing for years in a country 

 verging on a desert, under southern skies. (13) 

 The distinct origin .... was the wonderful 

 effect produced on me by the aspects of nature, 



