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not object to Henry as a first name; although I have been sorry 

 that my grandfather, in coming from Scotland to this country, 

 substituted it for Hendrie, a much less common, and therefore more 

 distinctive name/' He then proceeds : " I hope that both his body 

 and his mind will be so developed by proper 'training and instruc- 

 tion that he may become an efficient, wise, and good man. I say 

 efficient and wise, because these two characteristics are not always 

 united in the same person. Indeed, most of the inefficiency of the 

 world is due to their separation ; wisdom may know what ought to 

 be done, but it requires the aid of efficiency to accomplish the 

 desired object. I hope that in the education of your son due atten- 

 tion may not only be given to the proper development of both these 

 faculties, but also that they will be cultivated in the order of nature : 

 that is, doing before thinking; art before science. By invert- 

 ing this order much injury is frequently done to a child, especially 

 in the case of the only son of a widowed mother, in which a preco- 

 cious boy becomes an insignificant man. On examination, in such a 

 case, it will be generally found that the boy has never been drilled 

 into expertness in the art of language, of arithmetic, or of spelling, 

 of attention, perseverance, and order, or in other words, of the habits 

 of an active and efficient life." 



Henry was a man of extensive reading, and often surprised his 

 friends by the extent and accuracy of his information, and by the 

 original manner in which he brought his knowledge before them. 

 Not only was he well versed in those subjects in which one might 

 naturally suppose him proficient, but in departments of knowledge 

 entirely distinct from that in which he gained his reputation as an 

 original thinker. Although without a musical ear, he had a nice 

 feeling for the movement of a poem, and was fond of drawing from 

 his retentive memory poetic quotations apt to the occasion. He 

 was a diligent student of mental philosophy, and also took a 

 lively interest in the progress of biological science, especially in 

 following the recent generalizations of Darwin; while the aston- 

 ishing development of modern research in tracking the history of 

 prehistoric man had for him a peculiar fascination. Yet with all 

 his learning, reputation, and influence, Henry was as modest as 

 he was pure. 



