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MEMOIR OF W J MC GEE 



BY F. H. KXOWLTOX 



In these days of advanced specialization and refinement in the study of 

 scientific problems, it has seemingly become increasingly evident that the 

 best measure of success can only be attained with the full panoply of a 

 modern educational equipment. Yet there have been in the past, and 

 doubtless there will be in the future, notable exceptions to this rule. It 

 is often said of one who has reached an eminence without the stimulating 

 aid of early educational advantage, that had he fortunately possessed this 

 training no one may measure the higher eminences to which he might 

 have ascended. Rather is it possible — indeed, probable — that the spark 

 of genius is stimulated by adversity, and that breadth of vision and 

 strength of character come oftener as the fruit of action rather than of 

 ease; for 



So doth luxury make weaklings of us all." 



Certain it is that Doctor McGee attained a very notable measure of 

 success with the minimum of formal educational training. 



