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collections were bought and paid for, he 

 had married the sister of Alexander 

 Braun. A son and two daughters were 

 born to him ; and the son Alexander 

 afterward showed the same scientific 

 ability as his father and uncle. 



"With Agassiz's more intimate personal 

 life at this time the public has little 

 concern. But there is one aspect of 

 private life which closely concerns any 

 biographer : we mean the way in which 

 private circumstances and personal char- 

 acter affect work which is properly 

 public. Agassiz's whole achievement 

 was coloured by his character. This 

 was first of all through the extraordinary 

 indifference to expense which we have 

 just remarked. In the next place, in 

 looking at a list of his publications, we 

 immediately notice how his works over- 

 lap one another. He generally pub- 

 lished in parts, doling his results out to 

 the public bit by bit ; and, if a new sub- 

 ject presented itself as needing investiga- 



