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sisters had you older than yourself, and how many 

 younger ? 



How long were you at small schools, large -schools, 

 universities, and at what ages ? Name or place of school 

 or university, and chief subjects taught there. Mention 

 any honours of importance gained by you at schools or 

 universities. To what extent were you educated else- 

 where, taught at home, or self-taught? Was your 

 education especially conducive to, or restrictive of 

 habits of observation ? Was it eminently conducive 

 to health or the reverse ? What do you consider to 

 have been peculiar merits in it ? What were the chief 

 omissions in it, and what faults of commission can you 

 indicate ? Has the religion taught in your youth had 

 any deterrent effect on the freedom of your researches ? 

 Can you trace the origin of your interest in science in 

 general and in your particular branch of it ? How far 

 do your scientific tastes appear to have been innate ? 

 Were they largely determined by events occurring after 

 you reached manhood, and by what events ? 



Have you been married ? Year in which you were 

 married ? Maiden name of your wife ? Number of 

 living sons and daughters (of all ages) ? State any 

 facts of peculiar interest in your wife's family. 



