PROFESSOR SHALER 



ways the greatest. The supreme art of it was 

 in the use of a perfectly spontaneous and most 

 actually sympathetic motive to gain an end/ 

 With others, this state of mind would lead to 

 affectation; with him, it in no wise diminished 

 the quality of the emotion. He could measure 

 the value of the motive, but do it without 

 lessening its moral import. 



As my account of Agassiz's quality should 

 rest upon my experiences with him, I shall 

 now go on to tell how and to what effect he 

 trained me. In that day there were no written 

 examinations on any subjects to which candi- 

 dates for the Lawrence Scientific School had to 

 pass. The professors in charge of the several 

 departments questioned the candidates, and 

 determined their fitness to pursue the course of 

 study they desired to undertake. • Few or 

 none who had any semblance of an education 

 were denied admission to Agassiz's laboratory. 

 At that time, the instructors had, in addition 

 to their meagre salaries — his was then $2,500 

 per annum, — the regular fees paid in by the 

 students under his charge. So I was promptly 

 assured that I was admitted. • Be it said, how- 



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