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habits, 104 ; Memory, 107 ; viz.—good verbal, 109 ; good for
facts and figures, 111 ; for form, 113 ; good, but no particulars
given, 117 ; bad, 120. Independence of character, 121 ; ditto of
the parents, 122 ; small religions sects, 123 ; Mechanical apti¬
tudes, 124 ; Religious bias, 126 ; definition of religion, 127 ;
religious sentiment weak, accompanied with scepticism, 130 ;
intellectual interest in religious topics, 130 ; dogmatic interest,
131 ; religious bias, 131 ; ditto with intellectual scepticism,
134. Effect of creed on research, 135, viz.—no deterrent effect,
135 ; no dread of inquiry, 136 ; religion and science have
different spheres, 136 ; liberality of early teaching, 137 ; have
early abandoned creeds, 138 ; creed has had good effect
on research, 139; has had some deterrent effect, 140. Truth¬
fulness, 141.
CHAPTER III.
ORIGIN OF TASTE FOR SCIENOF..
Preliminary, 144 ; Extracts at length, viz physics, 149 ; mathe¬
matics, 155 ; chemistry, 158 ; geology, 161 ; zoology, 165 ;
botany, 176; medicine, 180 ; statistics, 182; mechanics, 184.
Analysis of replies, viz. tastes strongly innate, 186 ; decidedly
not innate, 191 ; tastes bearing remotely on science, 194 ; innate
tastes not very hereditary, 196 ; fortunate accidents, 198 ;
indirect motives or opportunities, 199 ; professional duties, 202 ;
encouragement at home, 205 ; influence and encouragement of
friends, 211 ; ditto of tutors, 215 ; Scotch and English system
of tuition, 215 ; travel in distant parts, 218 ; unclassed resi¬
duum, 221 ; Summary, 222 ; Deep movements in national
life, 227 ; Waste of powers, 228 ; Partial failures, 230 ;
Genius, 233.