CHAPTER III. 



CHARACTERISTICS AND HABITS. 



Appearance of Agassiz— Strong Personality — Captivates a Stranger — 

 Filial Affection — Meeting Well-Known Naturalists — Love of 

 Books — Copies Made — Determination of Character^ — Habits of 

 Study and Observation — The Home Collections. 



GASSIZ was now a youth 

 of commanding appear- 

 ance, tall, strong of limb, 

 robust, his fine head, broad 

 forehead with expressive 

 eyes set well apart — 

 characteristics that at- 

 tracted attention and 

 must have created the 

 same impression upon his 

 comrades that they did 

 upon the writer when he 

 first saw him in the early 

 sixties. One insensibly felt himself in the presence 

 of a man of true greatness. 



The strong personality of the youth is well illus- 

 trated in an incident which occurred while he was a 

 medical student at Zurich. It was the custom of the 



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