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M^ In Emoir The Of University George Wil...
The same feeling , comes out in this letter to a young- sister , then visiting \ Paisley 1 . " Indeed you mechanical should let contrivances no opportunit which y
slip of watchingthe ingenious chinery abound in in / a motion city like . the Paisley mental . i strugg * .. for les the before observation 1 the mode of ma of
action is quite understood , , the admiration of the ingenuity shown in devising beautiful contrivances to effect desired ends , and still
more the endeavour to imitate such or similar mechanical adaptationsdevelopes the- imagination and the powers of reflection , it
fosters , and ripens ingenuity , and all the . while exercises on the mind a silent but salutary dominion which quickens its most useful
powers . Do then , my dear Jessie , try to fathom the mysteries of wheelsand cranksand rodsand pinions , and < try to acquaint
yourself , with the object , for _tvhich , the wheels move at all , and then the rneans by which the desired motion is effected . " :
Then , again , towards the close of his life , when as usual _askings Museum the good _^ he offices made of a special his audience appeal towards to intelligent the ! Scottish women . ' Industrial ' " If from
no other motive than this , that they may thereby contribute to increase the means of giving an industrial education to women of the
poorer classes , and to multiply the vocations which may keep them from starvation ; misery and crime . "
But we must linger no longer on the early deeds , thoughts , and interests of George Wilson . We trust that all readers of this
notice who have not already done so will shortly enjoy the narrative , so pleasantly given in his own letters , of his examinations
for the several diplomas of Surgeon and Doctor of Medicine , of his journey to London to visit Danielof his work under Graham ,
inter-, views with and admiration for Faraday , of his estimation of London students as compared with those of Edinburgh , ( which estimate , by
the way , we are inclined to suspect was somewhat unfair , or at least made upon too narrow an experience , ) of his return to Edinburgh , of
the origin of the Brotherhood of the Triangle of Wine , Love and Learning , which reminds us almost of the Order of the Rose of
" Westward Ho ! " in the high chivalrous tone of its manifestoes and addresses , and , finally , of his continued devotion to the virgin .
Chemia , as his " only love and object of worship . " In the words of his biographer" with this glimpse of sunlight we close the chapter
, —having before us many days like those St . Paul speaks of , in which neither sun nor stars appeared . "
At this time Dr . Cairns thus speaks of him . " Ardent in temperament i ay humour , buoyant keen repartee with youth flashing , and elastic fancy in and bod profuse y as in mind literary , with as
well g as scientific , faculty under , the presidency , of a clear judgment and a strong willhe seemed formed to cut his way to the rapid
eminence and brilliant , success after which he panted . A totally different path was marked out for him , and in this contrast lies the
moral interest and pathos of his life . " Early in September , 1841 ,.
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 208, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/64/
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