On this page
-
Text (1)
-
206 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
M^ In Emoir The Of University George Wil...
more useful to the Arab or the reindeer to the Laplander ?" George ' s letters at this time are full of amusing boy's gossip ; in
one lie has seen tlie marvel " of a heifer with two heads , one the shape of a bull's , the other of a cow ' s . The cow ' s head was
liveliest , but it could eat hay with both mouths . I have read of a sheep with two headsand indeed Mr . A . Maclagan saw it at
, Ayr A . gain " , at twelve years old he writes to Mr . Dick , a mechanical
friend , " The society has recommenced , and we have very warm debates on various subjects . A communication of any kind from
you would greatly enrich the journal . If you would send us an account of the power you saved in a threshing mill ! " In 1832
he left school , and made choice of the medical profession . " Whether even then he contemplated engaging in practice is
very doubtful , but the curriculum of study it insured seemed attainable in no other way . " As a first stephe was
appren-, ticed in the Laboratory of the Royal Infirmary for four years , a step which -he ever after regrettedas having brought
, him into contact with evil and profanity altogether new and hateful to him . Besides the laboratory work , the regular
studentlife now begins , " which his long hours of work made so burdensome , for not till nine each evening was he free to study . " In
November , 1833 , under the guidance of Professor Hope , he entered the systematic study of chemistrywhich thenceforth remained
his upon favourite science . " The session of , the next year , besides the . continued study of anatomy , brought surgery and materia medica
into the field . " His letters and journals during this student time are full of interest , both for the insight they give into his
character , and also as showing how such a mind grapples with About physical this and time metap his hysical first great problem personal s on the loss very came threshold to him of science in the ..
death of his twin brother John . "No record of George ' s sorrow at this mournful separation exists , it was a grief too deep for
much expression . " He seems about this time to have thought his own life precarious . " I don't think I will live long ; my mind
must and will work itself out , and the body will soon follow it . But God has ordained for the best , and I have great reason to
be thankful . " From this time forward we find music his greatest this pleasure that , I chemistry cannot by his any most word deli I g could htful learn work from : he others says , or "I by know any
one , of my own coining , or by any form or number of words , , tell of the passionate love of music I have . " And " again , 'I am over
head and ears in love , and the object of my attachment so thoroughly engrosses my thoughtsthat I have scarce a speculation to give
to anything else . If , you wish to see the birth , descent , and fortunes of the family , I would refer you , not to ' Burke ' s
you Peerage will ' find but a minut the Eney e hi _lopsedia story of where all the , f under amily ; and article if you ' Science ask rae
206 Notices Of Books.
206 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
-
-
Citation
-
English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 206, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/62/
-