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XIX. CASES RATED AT AI IQ 150 to 160. Part 1 · Genetic Studies of Genius: The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses

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Section twenty nine of Genetic Studies of Genius, Volume two, The Early Mental
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Traits of three hundred Geniuses by Katharine Cox. This is the Brivox according or
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the Bervox accordance in the public domain. For more informational a volunteer, please
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visit the Brivox orgue recorded by Leon Harvey, Chapter nineteen cases rated ai i
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Q one in fifty two one hundred sixty Part one. George Berkeley sixteen eighty
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five to seventeen fifty three an English philosopher ai Q one hundred and fifty a
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i Q one hundred seventy five one family standing. Berkeley's grandfather was collector of
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the Port of Belfast. The father is apportered to have been an officer of
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customs, a cornet, and a captain of horse. The family were not
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wealthy, but appeared to have been recognized as members of the gentry. Berkeley's
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mother is said to have been a great aunt of General Wolfe of Quebec fame.
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She was probably of Irish descent. Two develop at twage seventeen one interests.
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Berkeley reports that his interest in philosophical speculation developed at the age of eight.
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As evidence of His enthusiasm for experimentation is related that he determined the sensations
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of hanging through a trial on himself. Two education, Berkeley entered the excellent
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Free School of Kilkenny, the Eton of Ireland, at age of eleven.
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I remained in a tenance a little more than three years. Just before his
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fifteenth birthday, he entered Trinity College, Dublin, where the atmosphere was already
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charged with a reaction against traditional scholasticism in physics and metaphysics three school standing in
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progress. Among the seventy three boys who had attended a Kilkenny school up to
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the time of his entrance, and among those who are tendered afterward up to
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the close of this century, not one other besides George Berkeley entered the second
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class as young as he aged eleven. An intimate friend, Proyor, entered
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the third class of fifteen and left the second class for the University of seventeen.
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Conteriney, who distinguished himself by his intelligence, entered college at eighteen.
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By young Berkeley left the first class of the Kilkenny School and into the University
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of Dublin at the age of fourteen years and nine months. In the first
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years of his college course, Berkeley pursued his studies full of simplicity and enthusiasm.
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His associates regard him as either the greatest genius or the greatest dancer in
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college. Eithers due to him because of his eccentricities, and casual acquaintances thought
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him a fool. By his intimates rated him a prodigy of learning and goodness
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of art. Four friends and associates at Kilkenny, Berkeley began his long intimacy
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of Prior, later a writer of some consequence. Fellow students at Trinity College
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were, besides Prior, Samuel Madden letter with Prior, a founder of the
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Royal Irish Society, Edward Bunge afterward Bishop and Contini, Godsmith's uncle. Five
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reading no specific record. Six production achievement, no specific records, C two
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three, Seven evidences of precocity. Berkeley wrote, I was distrustful at eight
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years old, and consequently by nature disposed for these new philosophical doctrines AIQ one
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fifty relative coaster debta point six to zero three developed from seventeen to twenty six.
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At seventeen, Berkeley was made a scholar of Trinity College, and two
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years later he obtained his BA degree. There. Two Latin tracts, both
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on mathematical subjects, appeared from his pen at about the time of his graduation,
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but they did not reach publication till three years later. Berkeley, aged
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twenty, joined with seven others in founding a society to promote investigations in the
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new philosophy of Boyle, Newton and Locke, and during the undergraduate period he
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carried on independent study, the first fruits of which in his notebooks indicated that
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he had at that time already laid the foundation for a new philosophical system.
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At the age of twenty two, he obtained the MAA degree, and,
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after passing an Ardus six emanation with unprecedented applause, was admitted to a fellowship,
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and twenty three he was engaged on a psychological essay and a book of
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metaphysics. In the following year, his essay toward a New Theory of Vision
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appeared. At the age of twenty five, Berkeley issued his Treaties concerning the
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Principles of Human Knowledge, in which he expounded his metaphysical dualism. This work
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contained the leading thought and method of all his letter philosophy AI IQ onerean seventy
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five, really the Coach of Dead a point seventy five Christian Colonel Jonas Bunsen
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seventeen ninety one to eighteen sixty, a distinguished German scholar and diplomatist AIQ one
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fifty ai Q one hundred and fifty five one family standing. The Bunsons were
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originally agriculturists, but Christian's grandfather was an advocate, and his father served the
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Dutch as a professional soldier in the Waldeck Regiment. The letter was a man
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of considerable mental power, arise by a strong sense of justice and truth.
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He was a great reader, accustomed to vote, to study as much time
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as his scanty leisure permitted once' His mother had been for fifteen years the worthy
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and valued governess of the young nobles of waldeck Hehr. Negative personality made very
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little impression, however, upon her son two development wearied seventeen one. Interests
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from his earliest childhood, Bunsen loved sunshine and out of door life. He
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was fond of swimming and sometimes played ball. He never succeeded in learning singing
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or dancing, but he became a skillful, even frequent player of chess and
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piquet. Although he and his parents sooly decided that he should become a pastor,
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a passionate love of books letter caused him to elect languages as his chief
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study at the University two education. At the age of six, having learned
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reading and writing from his parents, he began to receive private lessons from a
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student. From seven to seventeen, he attended the gymnasium. In his fourteenth
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or fifteenth year, he learned English from a village pasteur, who discussed various
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important topics with his aspiring pupil. At about the same time, Christian became
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a member of the pre confirmation class, receiving so called religious instruction, which,
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however, as he himself recognized that the essential characteristics of his father's vital
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Christianity. The regard to which the youth was held is shown by the fact
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that one of his masters gave him a valuable course of instruction Gratis three schools
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standing in progress. When at the age of seven bunce and entered the gymnasium,
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he was placed at once in a class above the usual grade for beginners.
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Quick to learn, he accomplished his task with power and certainty, and
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often assisted the other boys and their laborers. In French. He stood at
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the head of his class Throughout his school career. His classmates admired him as
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a genius acknowledge of comprehension. No individual could measure with him in any degree,
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and his laboriousness cast all the rest into shade. His memory was a
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matter of astonishment, and on one occasion he memorized Schilly's bell in a day
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outward rissar before a commissioner who was examining the school. He was respectful to
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all his teachers, even when he doubted the authority of the weaker head.
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Bunson's last three years the gymnasium were triumphant. Twice a year he was chosen
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to deliver the customary school address at the end of the term. In the
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estimation of his teachers, Bunson was ready for the university of fifteen and a
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half, but on account of his youth, he was kept in the lower
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school another year, to which a further half year was added because of the
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difficulty of securing a stipend during the French occupation. Four friends and associates.
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Bunson was popular with his teachers and with his schoolfellows. Two classmates became his
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intimate friends. His half sister, eighteen years his senior, was his confident
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and adviser. Five Reading at thirteen or fourteen, Bunson used all his small
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savings to purchase books or to subscribe to the circulating library of Quarterback, a
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collection made up chiefly of novels, but containing also a translation of Shakespeare,
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which was read with. The boy read all the books he could find,
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whether in his father's small library or from the bookshelves of the neighbors, but
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the pastor re taught him English. He read Glover's Leonidas. At fourteen.
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Bunsen was described as never otherwise and occupied full of zeal and earnestness over his
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books. Six production achievement a scoremad writes. The execution of an essay of
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forty one pages, said as a task in one week, was unheard of
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except in his case, and the sixty pages of fair transcript accublished him one
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Sunday for the procrastinating advocate to help his overtasked follow might well astonish those aware
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of the fact. An essay on hope, written by young Bunsen at the
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age of sixteen, was sufficiently well thought of to be sent to the Cottingen
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Faculty by Christians Patroness the Countess of Bergheim as a recommendation of her protige seven
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evidences of placocity as six and a half the little lad read the morning prayer
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at the family Devotions out of the collection or Schmuld. See also two,
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three, five and six a I I Q Watch and fifty relive coached of
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deat a point seventy five three development from seventeen and twenty six. At the
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age of seventeen, Bunsen spent a happy year studying theology at the University of
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Marbourg, but at the end of that time, believing that his health unfitted
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him for the calling of a pastor, he decided to relinquish his stipend and
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enter upon another course. The next four years eighteen to twenty two is Spaniard
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Gottichen, studying philosophy, classics in ancient law or, maintaining himself by teaching
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at the gymnasium and later by tutoring. Beginning his travels in his twenty third
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year, he visited Italy, Holland, Denmark and Sweden, as well as
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various centers of learning in Germany. At the same time he developed his knowledge
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of Persian and the Oriental languages, and that are of the Scandinavian. He
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planned a scheme of research into the religion, laws, language and literature of
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the Teutonic races. At twenty four he made a very favorable impression on the
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historian Neighbo, whom he met in Berlin. Borius twenty six Bunsen went to
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Rome and there devoted himself while carrying all necessary teaching to this study of philology
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and historical research. A I I i Q one dred and sixty five relei
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ve Koscheftet appointed two George Gordon Lord Byron seventeen eighty eight to eighteen twenty four,
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a celebrated English poet a I i Q one and fifty a I i
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Q one hundred seventy one family standing A Byron accomplied William the Conqueror from France,
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and thereafter he and many of his descendants held a notable and distinguished place
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in the history of England. Byron's grandfather was a celebrated Admiral John Byron.
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His son, the poet's father was the prophecate mad Jack Byron, who,
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after an excellent early education gave himself up to a dissolute life. The mother
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came of illustrious Scottish stock, being descended from James the First. She was
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as proud as Lucifer of her descent from the Stewards. A slave to the
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most violent tempers, she was not a bad woman, but she was not
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a good mother. If Byron owed anything to his parents, it was a
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plea for pardon, two development wage, seventeen one interests. Perhaps because the
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consciousness of his physical defect, young Byron was much more anxious to distinguish himself
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by powess athletics than in learning at Harrow. His social gifts appeared from being
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a shy and most unpopular boy before his public school days. He rose the
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age of thirteen to be a leader in all sports schemes and mischief of the
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school. Because of his fluency, turbulence voice, copiousness of declamation and action.
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His head master even then prophesied that he would become an orator. Byron
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was said to be always more ready to give a blow than to take one,
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and he was proud of the fact that at school he lost but one
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battle out of seven, and that one Evonlely not fairly fought. He says
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his pursuits at school were acreeding, rebelling, rowing and mischief. Love of
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the beautiful nature was an early passion, and although fond of the world of
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life, Barrone was always given to silent and solitary reflection, and would often
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withdraw to a tomb in the churchyard for quiet thought. Herely experienced des moors
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passions. His first affair in his eighth year was a violent attachment. His
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second or twelve afford inspiration for his first poetry, and his third at fifteen
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were serious enough to cause him grievous disappointment when it ended. Two education.
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Before he was five, Barron was taught by his nurse to repeat a number
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of arms. At his first school. He learned to repeat by wrote with
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such fluency that it was only after some time discovered that he could not read
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a single word. He attended school in Scotland until he was ten years old.
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Then he was placed under the care of a tudor and a quack doctor
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at Nottingham for a year. From eleven to thirteen he attended a school at
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Dulwich, and from thirteen to seventeen attended a school at Harrow. Three schools
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standing in progress. Under a clever teacher, Byron made rapid progress, and
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when he was ten his proficiency in Latin was set by his tutor to be
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considerable for his age. According to the master of the school, Byron was
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a successful and eager student during the two years in Dulwich. He entered Harrow
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recommended as a boy of some cleverness, but one whose education had been neglected.
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His intellectual capacity could be hidden neither from the masters nor from the pupils,
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for though he was remarkable for the extent of his general information, in
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other respects he was idle, being capable of great exertions but a few continuous
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treasuries. He was a radical and martial rather than poetical, and his first
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declamation startled the head master into some unwonted and sudden compliments. By the time
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he had reached his sixteenth year, Byron's inquisitive and exclusive mind had made remarkable
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progress in accumulating that general and missilene his knowledge, which left plodding competitors far
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behind. Four friends and associates among Harrow Fellow's students were such celebrities as the
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Duke of Dorset, Lord Clare Lord Delaware, John Wingfield, Cecil Tattersall,
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Edward Noah Long Wildman, outward properteer of Newstead, and Sir Robert Peel.
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Barron himself was playful and good humored, beloved of his companions and his schoolmates.
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My school friendships, he says, were with me passions, for I
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was always violent. On one occasion Byron is said to have taken half the
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blow's intended for appeal, and another to have defended a lame boy from a
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bully. He fought battles for George Sainclair, the prodigy of the school,
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and in turn Saint Clair. Rody's exercises. Byro would follow none but an
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opportunity for leadership would always win. His co co operation only cause five reading
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from the moment he could read. His great passion was history. He was
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particularly delighted with the Acco count in Roman history of the battle near Lake Regulus.
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He had read the Old Testament before he was eight years old, and
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he had soon gained an intimate acquaintance with the historical parts of the Bible,
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by which he liked to talk with his schoolmaster. Byron's schoolmaster at Dulwiche,
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finding the boy as eleven thirteen, beyond the standard for his age in both
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history and poetry, allowed him access to his study. Hither he found many
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books to please his tastes and gratify his curiosity, Among others a set of
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our poets, from Chaucer to Churchill, which his master believed he read in
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entirety more than once. According to his own statement, Byron had Arrow read,
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eating, read in bed, read with no one else read, and
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had read all sorts of readings since he was five years old. When he
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was eighteen, So wide was his familiarity of books, and so great his
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storative information that his associates believed his knowledge could have been acquired only from digests
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and reviews, whereas as a matter of fact, up to that age he
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had read sources only six production and achievement. At the age of ten,
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Byron composed some clever dogg oral verse. Perhaps his first production, a translation
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from Escheless written at Harrow, was received cool enough by poems for his fifteenth
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year, including the Epitaph and the first three pieces printed in Hours of Hoderness,
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are remarkable productions of a youth of his age, delivering one occasion at
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declamation at Arrow, Byron surprised his schoolmaster by deviating with boldness and rapidity from
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the texts of his composition without losing the thread of his discourse. The occurrence
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was more striking, as his extramponious expression was more effective and colorful than the
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original written discourse. Seven errances of precocity. At a very early age,
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he was perhaps no more than five, Barron was taken by his nurse to
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see the Taming of the Shoe. In the midst of the acting, the
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hot headed little lad cried out passionately supporting Katharina in an argument with Petruccio.
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As a child, he was particularly wisdif about religion. Missus Byron was sure
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that her son was to be a great man, and this idea she transferred
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to him as pride of ancestry and position were perhaps also derived from her.
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The response, at the age of nine to remark about a future career in
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parliament is characteristic. If you read any speeches of mine, it will be
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in the House of Lords. At the age of ten, Byron was under
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the care of a doctor, a charlatan whose linguistic pretensions he very soon fathomed,
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Have you prepared some nonsense which he gravely offered to his master. He
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was delighted to have the man walk into his trap and say as a boy
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had hoped, and an answer to his suggestion that it was Italian. She
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also two three and six aiq Onation fifty real live kosher Ton Aer Point seventy
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five three Development of seventeen or twenty six. From the age of seventeen to
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twenty, Byron attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became notorious for his
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eccentric behavior. He indulged freely in drink and talked much with a group of
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friends. In nineteen he published his Hours of Vitalness, a group of poems,
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and then, stung by adverse criticism in the Admiral of Review, he
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published his bitter retort English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. On attaining his majority,
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Byron took his seat in the House of Lords, but very shortly he left
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England for a continental tour which provided the backbone for Child Harold, published on
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his return, aged twenty four. So great was the impression produced by his
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poem that he woke one morning and found himself famous. He resumed his parliamentary
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connection a little later, but continued his literary activity or so, and the
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next year, aged twenty five, published The Gayor and the Bride of Labidos
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a IIQ one dred and seventy relived coacial data point at two. George Canning
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seventeen seventy to eighteen twenty seven, a distinguished English statesman, orator, and
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witch AIQ one hundred and fifty AIQ one hundred and fifty five one family standing.
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Canning was descended on the paternal side from early English settlers in Ulster.
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His father had been in his youth attached to civil and religious liberty and to
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a young lady of whom his parents disapproved, and of these two ardent attachments
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he was disinherited. Something of a poet and a political controversialist. The older
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Canning, by professional lawyer, was by nature sociable, generous, and careless.
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He fell deeply to debt, attempted to extricate himself by setting up as
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a wine merchant, and then died a year after his son's birth. The
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mother, who could trace her ancestry to early Irish kings and many that appears,
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was a woman of strong character and mental energy. After her husband's death,
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she found a means of supporting herself by going on the stage two development
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Twege seventeen one interests Canning recollected learning the rudiments of English the age of six.
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He also remembered spinning cockchaffers on corking pins, and longing for bread and
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butter. As a public schoolboy, he was devoted to study and took little
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or no part in games well Perforce. A fellow student noted in his diary
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that Canning was quite a man, fond of acting decent and moral two education.
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When George was scarcely more than an infant, his mother married an actor
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of no great pretensions, the member of a strong troope, and so from
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the age of forty eight the child led a hand to mouth bohemian existence following
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the strolling players. At the age of eight, he was reported by one
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of the actors to be on the road to the gallows as a result of
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his stepfather's influence, and so shortly afterwards his grandfather had been induced to grant
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a small animity for his support. The lad was sent by his uncle to
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a private school. At thirteen. He went on to Eton, where he
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remained forty years. On reaching the age of sixteen, he received an inheritance
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sufficient to provide for his every need. Three schools standing in progress. At
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his first school, Canning was an admirer and would be imitator of the heroes
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of the head class in all their tricks and pranks. But he also won
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fame for his grateful verses, and at thirteen stood Thurney's class. For scholarship.
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At Eton, Canning's classical and literary attainments ranked him among the foremost of
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the boys within the limited range of subjects offered. He studied hard and carried
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off many prizes. The other boys often solicited and deferred to his opinion,
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and he was called by Sir Spencer Walpole perhaps the most distinguished boy ever known
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at it. In four Friends and Associates at Eton, he had many friends
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who were out of high and diplomatic circles, and in holidays he met at
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his uncle's house men like Sheridan and Fox the week Statesman. Five reading no
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specific record six production and achievement. His tenth year, Canning composed a poem
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in Greece at which his uncle were not marveled. It was published with limited
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alterations. A few years later he wrote out the poems from time to time,
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and it was sixteen or seventeen contributed by far the largest share of the
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articles included in a journal called Microcosm edited by a small group of Etonians.
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Poems, parodies, classical commentary and criticism, and some clever essays were among
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his contributions, and in these the supple humor and boisterous fund are already discernible.
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The youthful journalists criticize in marked Addisonian style Etonian modes of life, and
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then extended their comment to the habits of the world at large. Seven evidence
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of the plcocity. At the age of four or five, Canning surprise his
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abilities by his manner of justifying himself when reproved for some trivial fault. The
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precocity the boy's talents was noticed in his ninth ear by the actor of Moody,
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who then induced the boy's uncle, Stafford Canning, the merchant to take
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sole cut charge of his hopeful nephew a I I q Onant in fifty relative
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Kosheteta point a two three development. From seventeen to twenty six, Canning spent
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three years at Oxford, having decided on the law as his future profession because
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he believed it the only path to the only desirable thing in this world,
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the gratification of ambition. While at the university he was studious, he formed
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many lasting friendships and instituted a debating society. He was also ward of the
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Chancellor's Medal for Latin Verse of High Merit. After graduation, Canning studied law
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at Lincoln's Inn. A year later, the French Revolutionist caused him, aged
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twenty two, to become a Tory in politics, although he retained Fox and
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Sheridan among his personal friends. In seventeen ninety three, at the age of
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twenty three, Canning entered Parliament. His previous reputation as debating club orator had
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come to the notice a bit, and the older debater was instrumental in securing
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the young politician selection. The new member's maiden speech a year later disappointed must
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of his friends, but he had shown his power to hold the attention of
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the House at twenty five in seconding the King's address, he made a speech
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which, in pits estimation, gave evidence of even greater ability than fame had
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hitherto recognized. AIQ One fifty five relived Coochdetta Pointette two Lazur. Nicholas Margaret
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Carnott seventeen fifty three to eighteen twenty three a celebrated French statesman, strategist and
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scientist ai Q one dun fifty ai Q one hundred and fifty one. Family
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standing, Connott was descended from one of the older's most distinguished families in France.
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His father, a provincial lawyer and notary, was a man of strong
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understanding, wide reading, and of greater local rebute. His mother was religious
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intemperament and devoted to her husband and family. Two Development, twenty seventeen.
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One interests. Connaught said trists were from the first directed almost entirely to his
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studies. At the age of ten, his preoccupation with military science was shown
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by his behavior during the progress of a play to which his mother had taken
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him. The enthusiastic boy when so far as to interrupt the action of the
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piece, criticizing this position which the stage officer is made of his artillery.
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Eagerness to learn made Karnot anxious to travel, and while still a child,
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he begged to be allowed to accompany an uncle on a long trip, a
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request which was however refused. Two Education Connought's early education was supervised by his
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father. Later, he was sent to the College of Vertun, where with
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his brother he pursued a classical course of instruction. Thereafter, the Connaught boys
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attended a small seminary in the same town, where they followed a course in
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philosophy. On leaving the seminary Lazaire, age sixteen, went to Paris to
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study in mathematics. Three schools standing on progress and the seminary of artann showed
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that he was endowed with a keen and ritual type of intelligence, always ready
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to discover new methods and daughter it by no obstacle. His character was even
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then marked by unusual strength, and he had great faith in his own ability.
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Four friends and associates NNA mentioned beside his father and his brother. Five
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reading. He has noted that at sixteen he read with eagerness the works of
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contemporary philosophers. But see also two, one, two and seven six production
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achievement. At the conclusion of his course at the Seminary of Vaton, young
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Carrot made the customary public presentation and defense of his thesis, but contrary to
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custom, he refused professional aid in the debate. His presentation was none the
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less brilliantly successful seven evidences of precocity. As a child, Connor was especially
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studious and reflective, as recorded that he used to be seen for hours at
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a time reading or walking meditatively on their terraces before his home. He also
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two, one, three and six. After going to Paris at sixteen,
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he had treated the attention of d'Alembert, who found in him one whose inflict
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overcame all difficulties, and who seemed actually to enjoy meeting them. Dalembert chose
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Connaught as an assistant in several of his experiments, and evinced great satisfaction at
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the promptness with which the young mathematician responded to his questions. He predicted for
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him a brilliant career AIQ onere and fifty will have koshon Jetta point six to
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zero three development from seventeen to twenty six. At the age of eighteen,
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Cannot sat for the interest examinations of the Engineering scoord Meziers and won the third
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place on the list. He attrected the attention of Monge and then began a
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friendship between the two scientists had lasted throughout life under his famous professor Cornel went
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rapidly through all the branches of natural science. Higher mathematics and mechanics especially attracted
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him. On leaving the engineering school of the age of twenty, Colonel was
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given the rank of first lieutenant, and for the next ten years lived and
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worked at various garrisons. Practically nothing is known of this period of his life,
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and all Connelt himself would say was I lived from day to day,
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like so many young men who follow a military career. Ai i Q one
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hundred and fifty rare of kosh of debt at point five three. Camelo Benzo,
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Count di Cavour eighteen ten to eighteen sixty one, a celebrated Italian statesman
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ai Q one hundred and fifty ai i Q one hundred fifty one. Family
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standing. The Benzos were an aristocratic family of long distinction, who in every
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generation contributed many efficient leaders to the public service. The father was endowed with
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an acute and active mind, and possessed practical knowledge of the world and of
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business. His ambition was said to be curved only by respect for authority.
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The mother belonged to an ancient and excellent family I who could not refugees.
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She was a woman of attractive gifts and charming personality two develop at weege seventeen
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one. Interests. Camelo was fond of country life and pleasures In a school
29:14
play, took part on one occasion as the little Spirit or Genius of Italy.
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Always active, young Camillo was from his earliest childhood engaged in to feing
29:22
the cause of justice. He began to talk about constitutional Italy at fourteen and
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fifteen was two outspokenly Republican to be an acceptable Prince's page two. Education.
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At four Cavarre was taught by his mother to read, but although he soon
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learned to read and write with ease, the passion for study did not appear
29:42
until latter. In the following years, both his mother and his grandmother gave
29:47
him lessons, and before he was ten he received excellent instruction from a tutor.
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Also, lessons in German and botany were given by a special teacher.
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From the age of ten to sixteen attendant the Military Academy of Tudin, a
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school patronized by the upper class, where the instruction was good in mathematics but
30:06
deficient in the humanities. Just before his sixteenth birthday, he passed his final
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examination and received his commission as sub Lieutenant of Engineers three schools standing in progress.
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At school, gueveaua aged ten to sixteen, easley led his class whenever
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he cared to apply himself. He is said to receive certain punishments at school,
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though it supported, having been for arrogance to a teacher and for having
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books of that permission. The eminent professor Planar, after explaining a very difficult
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lesson with Camillo, alone of all the pupils, was able to follow with
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ease, advised his gifted pupil to become a celebrated mathematician like La Grange.
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Gerveau replied that his generation had need to study political science rather than mathematics,
30:55
and added that he hoped to see Italy one day with a constitution, and
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himself perhaps a caval never seemed to study, but when the examination came round,
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he grasped what he was required to learn without an effort, as surpassed
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his competitors with ease. He led his class at the finish at honor,
31:14
which entitled him to choose the branch of the service he preferred to enter.
31:18
His unusual proficiency in mathematics led him to select the Engineering corpse. He had
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so far excited the admiration of his examiners that his request was granted, although
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according to the regulation a canidate could not enter that division of the army before
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the age of twenty. Cavau was only sixteen at the time. Four Friends
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and associates no specific record. Teachers and schoolmates are mentioned, and with these
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he appears to have been a favorite. Five Reading. While attending school,
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Cavare, aged twar a sixteen, always looked forward to the visits of his
31:55
brother, for on these occasions he heard the newspapers read aloud, to which
31:59
he otherwise had no access. In addition to school requirements, Cavot read works
32:05
of history and political economy. He read English and franch as well as Italian.
32:08
He read Lingarn's history, and the Harp pleased him greatly. He was
32:14
always reading not works of fiction, but rather papers, political treatises and histories.
32:21
Six Reduction Achievement, A note addressed to the lady of his affections,
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was written by Cavour at the age of six. Letters from the school period
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reflect a solid, straightforward, manly fellow who despised vanity and was enthusiastic for
32:35
the heroes who fought for Greek independence. A fifteen, Cavaut was appointed page
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to the Prince of Carignano. Otherwise post was one of distinction and carried a
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small salary. The young Republican risked and almost lost it through years two outspoken
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liberalism. At sixteen c. Two three he was assigned to less conspiguous duty
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in the department of the Engineering Corps at Turin seven evidences of precocity at three
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Camillo was a romping little fellow, always ready for fun. It was told
33:08
that at the age of six, he ranged in an interview with the town
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mayor to complain of certain incivilities his party had experienced in travel. Apparently he
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succeeded on this occasion in bringing about the dismissal of an offending officer. See
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also two three and six AIQ one fifty releve coach data points seventy five SC
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three developed from seventeen to twenty six. Cavaut entered the Corps of Engineers at
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sixteen and was sent two years later to the French frontier to supervise the construction
33:38
of fortifications. He enjoyed the work, but found the life narrow and dull.
33:45
During his stay, he listened the monesty by reading English books on liberty
33:50
and government. At nineteen and a half he was ordered to Genoa. Here
33:54
he fell in love, and spurned or by the lady of his devotions,
33:58
he plunged more deeply into liberal thoughton discussion, thereby gradually incurring public suspicion.
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When a year later he was recalled to Turin, he had become a more
34:07
confirmed liberal than ever, Longing to see Italy free from foreign domination, he
34:14
spent eight months in virtual imprisonment in a fort a little later, but he
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said, I am happy in my solitude, and it was not long until
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he was granted his discharge from the army. His family regarded Caveu's career thus
34:27
far as a disgrace to them, and it was with pleasure on both sides
34:30
that at twenty one, after his retirement, he took charge of the family
34:34
farm. Although the estate was in poor condition, Cavut succeeded through care and
34:39
study, in making a success of his undertaking, and he continued his agricultural
34:44
pursuits, interrupted only by occasional visits to France and England, until he was
34:47
thirty seven. During all this time he found abundant leisure for study, especially
34:52
along the lines of government. A I I i Q onatre fifty rod of
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Couturedetta Pointe two, Princess sney di Chefebourind seventeen sixty eight to eighteen forty eight,
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a celibrate of French author and statesman AI i Q one fifty a I
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i Q one hundred fifty one family standing, Chateaubraand was the son of a
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noble house in Brittany, one of the most illustrious in France, although at
35:24
the time of his birth the family fortunes were somewhat depleted. His father was
35:29
stern, dry, unsociable, and dominated by one passion, his pride of
35:32
race. The mother was a little, plain, brestless woman who loved politics,
35:37
confusion and society. She petted one son and was indifferent to her other
35:43
children, including Francois Renee two develop at eight seventeen one interests Chateaubrand through neglect.
35:54
A dirty, ragged boy really loved cleanness and finery to night, pock
36:00
and muddy. He kept away from the crowds on festival days and spent his
36:02
time at the beach, watching the birds, gathering shells and seen to the
36:06
sound of the waves. At school, he was fond of languages and mathematics.
36:10
He loved literature, beginning with a fondness for poetry, and that a
36:14
passing on to prose. His versatility of mind was also apparent andless of things.
36:20
He was clever at checkers, billiards, drawing, singing, hunting,
36:23
and the management of arms. Although he was apt to tire of anything quickly,
36:28
his patience and obstinacy made him stick to something worth doing until it was
36:31
finished. Between fifteen eighteen, in a state of mystic rapture and practical indecision,
36:37
he first began to write poetry. Two education shatterbraind and his youngest sister,
36:45
neglected by their mother, were cared for by the servants. When the
36:49
boy was between three and seven, The two children were sent daily to two
36:52
old maids, who taught them to read. At this time, both brother
36:55
and sister read badly enough, and in consequence the teacher's school and the boys
37:00
scratched. Francis Renee began to pass for a scape grace, a rebel adrone.
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Finally at Dunce. At home, his father nagged and his mother groaned,
37:10
but extolled raldest A visit at the home of his kindly intellectual grandmother was
37:16
the only happy memory of Chetebred's childhood. Because the boy was destined for the
37:22
marines, scholastic training was not emphasized, and for the most part he was
37:27
allowed at seven to ten to run idle. His mother, simply hoping that
37:32
his son might enter the church, persuaded her husband to send him at ten
37:37
to the college at Doll, where he could learn mathematics, drawing, military
37:39
tactics and the English language, as well as the classics. At thirteen,
37:45
after receiving with great ecstasy his first communion, he was sent to Renes to
37:49
two years of further preparation in mathematics, and there he continued the study of
37:52
languages. Also at fifteen, chetta Brand went to Brest to take the naval
37:58
examination, but his enters were delayed, and during the enforced period waiting,
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having exhausted his interest in fencing, drawing a mathematics, he decided that he
38:07
had no desire to be a marine, and so returned home as a means
38:10
of gaining time for decision. He next declared his attention of entering the church
38:15
and was sent to Dinan to complete the humanities. Thereafter he spent two years
38:22
at home trying to decide on his future career. Three school standing and progress.
38:28
Between ten and thirteen, at the College of daul Chateaubrain's abilities began to
38:32
be manifest. His capacity for work was remarkable and his memory was extraordinary.
38:37
It cost him nothing to learn the rudiments of any subject. In mathematics,
38:42
he displayed a charity of perception that astonished his teacher, and he showed a
38:45
decided taste for languages. In spite of his success in mathematics, he looked
38:51
forward with a sort of impatience to the leaden class as a happy relaxation from
38:54
the figures and numbers of geometry Aaronez. His talent in mathematics developed to a
39:00
high point. At Dinan, he knew more Latin than the masters, and
39:06
there he began to the study of Hebrew. Four Friends and associates. Neglected
39:10
by his parents, Chathrand ran the streets during the early years with the town
39:15
ragamuffins, his dear little playmates, looking and acting like one of them.
39:19
A friendship for a certain spoiled child Gesrid, who was always getting into some
39:23
scrape, resulted in an evil reputation, continual trouble, and once almost in
39:29
serious injury from neighbors. Enraged at a foolish rank. At the age of
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nine, Francois Renee was withdrawn by his parents from his influence, and the
39:37
following year was sent to school. Here he was an independent spirit, neither
39:40
a leader nor a follower. In vacations he enjoyed the military society at home.
39:47
At Rhyn's, aged thirteen fifteen, he met Gazriel again. Among other
39:52
friends of this period were morro Letter General and Limoulian, who inmitted a famous
39:58
infernal machine five reading chateebrand at thirteen Red Horace, and a collection of confessions
40:07
Male Fates, which opened a new world to him. A little later he
40:12
was charmed with the need and Telemarch, and he translated a voluptuous passage from
40:16
Lucretius with such feeling that the teacher snatched the book from him. Tibulus and
40:22
Masulin were never out of his possession, and although oppressed the whole by a
40:29
guilty conscience, he stole candle ends from the chapel so that at night he
40:32
could read these seductive subscriptions of the disorders of the soul. C two three
40:38
six production achievement. Chtabrien displayed a remarkable memory, by his ability to repeat
40:45
almost wordful word the several pages of a sermon had heard but to which he
40:49
had not paid close attention, and also by the extraordinary fate of learning by
40:52
heart. His tape of logarithms between ten and thirteen. He required the name
40:59
of elect because in making that in translations he fell so naturally into pantometto.
41:06
He began Susie to write poetry between fifteen and eighteen seven Evidence supplicuosity c.
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Two three and six a i q onat fifty relived coach of debt appoints seventy
41:15
five three development from seventeen to twenty six. From sixteen to eighteen, chattabriyand
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remained at home, unable to decide on a career. His indecision was finally
41:28
entered by the gift of an army commission, which he held thereafter for four
41:31
years. Chetabran's life in the army was not without its pleasures. The young
41:36
officer was popular worth his regiment. He was presented at court, and he
41:39
met many literary men. At fourteen outwitnes seing the destruction of the Bastille,
41:45
and filled with loathing by the repeated massacres, he contemplated emigration. The following
41:52
year, his regiment went over to the revolutionists, whereupon he retired from the
41:55
army. Chetabrian's interests and tastes were literally and artistic. In politics, he
42:00
was neutral, and this, he says, pleased no one. It seemed
42:05
advisable to withdraw for a time from the center of activities. As so he
42:08
went forth for America, bearing letters of introduction to President Washington. His first
42:14
intention was to discover the Northwest Passage, but gradually religuasing this idea, he
42:17
returned home proputently at twenty three. France was still in a turban state,
42:22
and so for his safety. Although he had little desire for the arrangement,
42:27
Chertabrand was married to a young hiress. Shortly after, he joined the French
42:31
emigrants in Brussels, became incorporated in the army, was wounded sick. Finally
42:37
he reached England, where he remained several years, aged twenty four thirty two.
42:42
During this time he did much of his best writing A I I I
42:45
Q wat than fifty Rillive Kochett appoint seventy five August Comte seventeen ninety eight to
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eighteen fifty seven, a Serbery French philosopher, founder of positivism a i i
42:59
Q one fifty a IQ one huntren semone one family standing. Comte's father was
43:06
a district tax receiver. No other records preserved of the ancestry or family.
43:12
Two Development twenty seventeen one interests none other than scholastic are reported. Two Education
43:20
August de Val Catholic mother directed his early studies and only was sent to the
43:23
local college and fifteen he passed the examination for entrance to the Paris Polytechnic School.
43:30
Three schools standing in progress. On entering the college, August was at
43:36
once distinguished for his intelligence and industry. He was tractable with the professors,
43:42
who were font and proud of their clever pupil, and did such brilliant work
43:45
that he was given first place in the application for membership to the Polytechnic School
43:49
in Paris. At the Polytechnic Colt was distinguished as a student of intellectual power.
43:54
His ability was recognized not only by the professors, but by the students
43:59
as well. At the end of the first year, he was ranked ninth
44:01
in his class. The ranking depending partial and deportment in which he stood low,
44:06
with all except the head professors, four friends and assosiates no specific record.
44:13
Five reading. By the time he was sixteen or eighteen, Comte had
44:15
read through the numerous important philosophical works of France, England and Germany. Six
44:22
production achievement outter passing the entrance examination for the Paris School. At fifteen,
44:27
while near advance of the age at which entrance was allowed, Comte was appointed
44:31
by the faculty of his own school to occupy the interval of waiting for his
44:36
sixteenth birthday by giving mathematics courses in their institution. Seven evidences of prococity.
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He was a nervous child, impatient, very intelligent, very ego for instruction,
44:49
with an extraordinary precocious mind. See also two three a I i Q
44:53
one fifty will of Koshchet to appoint six zero three development from seventeen to twenty
45:00
six. From sixteen to eight ten, comp studied at the Polytechnic School in
45:05
Paris. A great worker, he was devoted to reading and delighted especially in
45:08
philosophical writings. When he was eighteen, a mutinous demonstration on the part of
45:15
the pupils against one of the masters, in which he too was included,
45:17
broke up the school, much to the parents dissatisfaction. These resolved to remain
45:22
Paris and earned his living there by giving lessons in mathematics. While seeking a
45:28
position, he received an invitation to become a teacher of analytics in a proposed
45:32
school in America. The plan never materialized, but in the meantime Comte had
45:37
been appointed tutor at a good salary and the house of a wealthy banker.
45:43
The duties here were too miscellaneous, and the youth, aged nineteen lest us,
45:46
under restraint, gave up the post of a three weeks trial. A
45:51
year later, chancing to come in contact with Saint Simon, Comte fell under
45:54
the spell of the great theorist. Over six years, he was proud to
45:59
sign himself pure pupil of Saint Simon. At the age of twenty four.
46:01
Comte was so completely in harmony with his master's views that he was able to
46:06
prepare the philosophical introduction to the Contract Social This is not his first attempt at
46:10
essay writing for it. Already published two essays, the first one he was
46:15
twenty one, the second one of his best, at twenty two. The
46:20
preface to the contracts social shows that Comte had already developed a definite philosophical scheme,
46:27
and they did outline plans for his later life work. In bringing out
46:30
the essay at a letter date, Saint Simon accompanied it with a patronizing notice,
46:35
and when a compte aged twenty six of Jebtor to publication at this time
46:39
a bridge occurred. Personal dislike matured into a quarrel, and the two philosophers
46:44
separated. Aii i Q watter and semi will have kosh of data points seventy
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five. John Larente de Almbert seventeen seventeen to seventeen eighty three, a celibrate
46:57
of French mathematician, philosopher and author a I i Q one hundred fifty a
47:01
i i i Q one hundred sixty five one family standing. Although to Almbert
47:07
was an illegitimate child, both his parents were members of the aristocracy. His
47:13
father, the Chevalier Destouches, was Commissioner of French Artillery and later Controller General
47:19
of German Artillery. His mother was Madame de Tenkin, a famous woman of
47:23
the salons and author of novels which achieved praise and popularity in their time.
47:29
An uncle was a popular dramatist of the day and a member of the Academy
47:34
two develop At age seventeen one interests Nulla recorded aside from his studies two education
47:44
at an early date to Allembert's father as soon responsibility for the boy's education.
47:49
He directed to Almbert's course of training as long as he could, and at
47:52
his death left him an annual income of one thousand, two hundred liverers and
47:55
a recommendation to the future care of the family. At the age of four,
48:00
Dalembert was placed at a boarding school in the suburb of Saint Dentoine,
48:04
where his master Peri was delighted with his intelligence. The boy made such progress
48:08
in his studies that when he was ten, his master said that he could
48:12
teach him no more and recommended that he be sent to college because the boy's
48:17
health. The recommendation was not then carried out, and Almbert remained at school
48:22
for two years more. At the age of twelve, he entered ther Mazarin
48:25
College, conducted by the Jansenists, where he remained for five years and received
48:30
at the end of that time the degree of Master of Arts. Three schools
48:36
standing in progress at the Jansenist College. Dalembert made such a brilliant success in
48:42
his studies that the memory of it survived a long time in the school.
48:45
His interest in literature was so animated, particularly in l in poetry, to
48:50
which he devoted all his spare time, that one of his gentsenest masters,
48:53
remonstrated warning him that persia would destroy the heart. The admonition, however,
48:59
passed unheeded to Alanbert's last two years at college were devoted to study of philosophy.
49:05
He stated outward that owing to the fanaticism of his masters, he received
49:08
no benefit from his labors, except in mathematics, which he had studied.
49:13
Incidentally, she also two one four friends and associates. While still an infant,
49:20
Dalembert was confided by his father to the care of Madame Rossel, the
49:23
wife of Agrazier, and to this excellent woman he remained devoted all his life,
49:29
supporting her in old age. After the time of his death, Destucius
49:32
came often to see his son and was delighted on these occasions with the Lad's
49:37
intelligence and spirit. Aside from these two persons and his various teachers, no
49:43
other early friends or associates sore noted five reading c. Two three six production
49:51
achievement. At the end of his first year of philosophy, Dalembert, age
49:54
sixteen, wrote a commentary on Pau's Epistle to the Romans seven even sasbrecocity No
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further records Seat two two and four a q Onation fifty relived kosher diet a
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point by three three development. From seventeen to twenty six, after receiving his
50:13
Aimee degree, Dalalbert spent two years ostensibly in the study of law, but
50:16
all his spare time was devoted to mathematics. Without books, friend or master,
50:22
he progressed as best he might by reading at the public library. Dalibert
50:25
became disgusted with the chancellists who still tried to convert him, and I gave
50:31
them up to altogether. Adding on the advice of friends, he aged twenty
50:36
one, took up the study of medicine, and to avoid a temptation he
50:39
could not otherwise resist, who moved all his mathematical books to the house of
50:44
a friend. His precautions were in vain. At the end of the year
50:47
he had abandoned medicine and returned to his beloved mathematics. During the year he
50:52
read to the Academy of Sciences a memoir Sir le Carcould Integral and some months
50:58
later Memoirs su Lever Refractions des Corpse Sunds. His ability was recognized and he
51:05
was admitted to membership in the Academy at the age of twenty three. At
51:08
twenty five, he published his Threat d Dynamite, in which he developed the
51:13
principle that has since been called by his name. A i Q one hundred
51:17
sixty five will have coast of deader point six zero. Humphrey Duovy seventeen seventy
51:24
eighth eighteen twenty nine a celebrated English chemist a i Q one hundred fifty a
51:31
i Q one hundred seventy five one family standing. The Davies were Norfolk yeomen
51:38
in fairly comfortable circumstances, who for many generations had received a letter of education.
51:46
Humphrey's grandfather was a builder, a man of local repute. The father
51:51
a wood cover, possessed some talent by through shiftless habits and unsuccessful experiments in
51:55
farming and the like. He dissipated the property he had inherited, and when
52:00
he died at forty eight, left his family in various straited circumstances. The
52:05
mother's forebears were originally wealthy and aristocratic. The mother herself was practical and energetic.
52:12
After her husband's death, she opened a milliner's shop, reared and educated
52:16
her children, and paid off her husband's or debts. Two Developmentoide seventeen one.
52:23
Interests. Young Humphrey led an active life from early childhood. It was
52:28
fond of nature and of outdoor sports, especially fishing and hunting. A taste
52:34
for natural history appeared early. Humphrey had a little garden of his own,
52:37
and he liked to collect birds and fishes, and to copy them with pen
52:39
or brush. In drawing and painting, he showed some originality. A series
52:45
of note books, begun when the boy was sixteen, showed the ardor of
52:47
his intellectual interests. During his seventeenth year, he lifted himself chiefly to the
52:53
metaphysical branches, although the complete plan of study he had outlined included theology,
53:00
ethics, logic, geography, botany, pharmacy, anatomy, surgery, chemistry,
53:05
four modern foreign languages and three ancient ones, Physics, mechanics, rhetoric
53:09
and oratory, history and mathematics. Two Education c. Two seven. In
53:16
his sixth year, Davy attended and a elementary school where reading and writing were
53:21
taught. A year later he entered the grammar school at a master who was
53:24
by turns indulgent and severe, leaving his pupils for the most part to their
53:30
own resources in planning their studies. In his fifteenth year and at his last
53:34
school, Davy acquired a considerable knowledge of Latin and Greek. The next year
53:38
he spent in desolatory study and fought in an occasional dissipation. He studied French
53:45
with a refugee, to such good purpose that he learned to read it with
53:49
facility and to speak it fluently. At sixteen, he was apprenticed for three
53:53
years to M. Boulaise A, Penzance's surgeon and apothecary of Recognize Stability three
54:01
school standing in progress. Davy made such rapid progress in the elementary grades that
54:07
his teacher advised transferring him to the grammar school. At Truro School, dav
54:13
h. Fourteen was regular in the performance of his duties and in his conduct.
54:17
He was thought a clever boy, but not a prodigy. His translations
54:22
from the classics into English verse, his best school exercises are well thought of
54:27
by his master. Davy was more distinguished out of school and in the eyes
54:31
of his comrades, than for any great advance in learning within school. The
54:36
stimulus to exertion was wanting, for he could take and maintain and lead in
54:39
his class without special effort. Perhaps Two, he was disgusted with the form
54:44
in which classical knowledge was offered during his apprenticeship to m Bullas Davy applied himself
54:51
with erner zeal to his professional studies and duties. Four Friends and associates.
54:58
Davy's good humor won the faith ver of his schoolfellows, although he appears to
55:01
have become intimate with none of them. His mother's foster father had as great
55:07
an influence upon his career as anyone, for he virtually adopted the fatherless boy
55:12
and made possible with the continuation of his education. Five. Reading Aesop's Fables
55:19
and Pilgrim's Progress were Humphrey's earliest favorites. As or later he began to read
55:22
history, particularly English history, during his apprenticeship to this surgeon. He read
55:29
widely in medical works, Sirk's production and achievement. Because of his facility in
55:36
composing Latin and English verse. Davy's assistance was often requested by the other boys,
55:40
and in the emergencies of boyish loves he was resorted to for Valentine's and
55:45
the like. A ready story of teller, he was always popular for his
55:49
tales of wandering terror, whose sources obscured somewhat by plentiful embellishments were the Arabian
55:54
Knights and the tales of Grandmother Davy. In written expression, he was eaqually
56:00
ready, as attested by exercises preserved from his seventeenth year. A composition written
56:05
when he was fourteen also shows considerable ability in handling a trite subject. The
56:09
Sons of Genius thirty two stanzas published in seventeen ninety nine, was conceived and
56:15
perhaps written in a park where the young poet was sixteen seven evidences of precroocity.
56:23
Davy was a strong, healthy, active child in Eavy respect forward.
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At just nine months of age, he walked off, and before his two
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years old he could speak fluently. Before he had learned his letters, he
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could recite little prayers and stories which had been repeated to him before he had
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regularly learned to write. He amused himself by copying the figures in Esop's fables,
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contriving to reproduce in great letters the names of his subjects as well as
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the artist's outline, and is reported that he could recite a great part of
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Pilgrim's Progress eve before he could well read it. When scarcely five years old,
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he began to make rhymes, and these he was called upon to recite
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in the Christmas Gambles A wit in a Wag. He was remembered for his
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unusual originality of mind ai q one hundred and fifty relative koshot at a point
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seventy five three development. From seventeen to twenty six, during his three year
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apprenticeship with Borlaise the physician, Davy learned the technique of surgery and carried on
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extensive studies in related fields. At eighteen or nineteen he began the study of
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chemistry and sonia, was examining critically the views of Lavoisier, and was devising
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and carry out experiments to test these and his own ideas on the same subjects.
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From nineteen twenty two, the useful Scientist was employed at Clifton, where
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opportunities occurred for more advanced to research. At twenty published two scientific papers.
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Later, he regretted that publication because of their premature views on the subject.
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At twenty two, his discovery of nitrous oxide as effect of man resulted in
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his appointment to a lectureship at the Royal Institution in London. For that time,
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until he was twenty five, he was busily engaged in investigations on tanning,
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neglectory chemistry and agricultural chemistry. His achievements were recognized, and at twenty
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three he was promoted to a professorship AIQ one hundred seventy five relative coach of
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Debt a point at two. Rene Descartes fifteen ninety six to sixteen fifty a
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French philosopher and mathematician ai i Q one hundred fifty ai i Q one hundred
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sixty one. Family standing descotes came of an old and respected family. His
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father, a country gentleman in easy circumstances, became a counselor of the Parliament
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Brittany two Development twenty seventeen one. Interests. Descartes's youthful pursuits included fencing and
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dancing, as well as study, but his love for learning was always paramount.
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It appeared in earliest childhood and persisted at school. Although he came to
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perfirm meditation to much reading. Renee was determined in before his sixteenth year to
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search only for truth, and the mathematics began. At about this time he
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believed he had found the goal he was seeking. Two education, a course
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of early home training purposely simplified in order to spare the little lad's frail body,
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was followed by eight years residence, aged eight to sixteen, in an
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excellent Jesuit college, where the regular course of study included classics, mathematics and
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philosophy. Here Renee entered in a student body of about one thousand, two
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hundred as one of twenty four especially privileged gentlemen commoners. He devoted to meditation
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in the morning hours, when, on account of his fiscal weakness, who
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was permitted to lie in bed three schools stadium progress Descotess's ambition was to surpass
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all his school fellows, especially those who had prieously excelled, and in this
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he was lightly successful, for he was excellent in deportment and in the class
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studies. Because of his ability and the excellence of his achievement, he was
1:00:02
released from regular class at tenants and from the assigned exercises, he was considered
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at least the equal of the best students in the school, though it were
1:00:10
letter to take the places of their instructors. At sixteen, this happiest part
1:00:15
of his life. Candled end and overwhelmed by the blessings and praises of his
1:00:19
teachers, Descotes returned home. Far from being puffed up by his own knowledge.
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He perceived only his ignorance and was harbled by it. Four friends and
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associates. Descoturs made few friendships, and these only with people much older than
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himself, including several of his teachers, but they were lasting. Five.
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Reading from his ninth year, Descotes was happiest when alone with his books,
1:00:44
were in silent meditation. Apparently, although he loved the classics and poetry,
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he shunned fiction. He cared for logic and rhetoric. Not content to live
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himself to the regular assignment for study, he read all of the books that
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fell into his hands, especially those dealing with the most curious and rare subjects.
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Six. Production and Achievement at the Jesuit School, the writing of poems
1:01:07
was a regular part of the course. Unfortunately, no examples of Descotes's work
1:01:12
are preserved. A single biographer, without stating his evidence, asserts at Descotes's
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great mathematical discovery, the application of algebra to the problems of geometry, was
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made before the young scientists reached his eighteenth year. Seven evidence is of precocity.
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Before he was eight years old, Renee was called by his father the
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little Philosopher because of his questions about reasons and causes. Although his parent,
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fearing to overtax the boy's delicate health, tried to refrain altogether from training him
1:01:39
in his earliest years. So strong was the boy's desire to learn and to
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study that he at length overcame the parental objection ai i Q one fifty reli
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of Coacy data point five to three three development from seventeen to twenty six.
1:01:55
On leaving college, Descotes spent a year at home and then in eighteen went
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to Paris, where, after a Pewter relaxation, he resumed his studies,
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continuing them thereafter until his twenty second year. Then, although despising war and
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warfare, he enlisted out of the Prince of Nassau as a means of fulfilling
1:02:12
a desire to travel. The years of his military service were devoted largely to
1:02:16
a self directed study. The fruits of this period five or six works published
1:02:21
Inny's twenty second and twenty thirty years, remarkable for the originality, contained the
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basis of the author's later philosophical discussions. For many years, Descatis traveled throughout
1:02:30
Central and Western Europe, serving as a volunteer under several princes and participating in
1:02:37
battle with philosophic detachment. His one aim was to find truth by experiencing the
1:02:42
world and association with its people AIQ one and sixty Relive culture data point six
1:02:49
zero. Dennis Diderot seventeen thirteen seventeen eighty four, a celebrated French philosopher and
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writer ai Q one hundred and fifty a IQ one hundred forty five one family
1:03:04
standing Didhot's family had been engaged in the manufacture of cutlery for at least two
1:03:08
centuries. Dennis's father was a master of his craft, much respected and respect
1:03:14
worthy man. The mother was a loving, hearted, just woman. Two
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development wage seventeen one. Interests no interests or recorded aside from studies. But
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Dennis was not wholly serious, for as a boy he was fond of sport
1:03:30
and mischief. At one time he tired of school and decided to follow his
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father's trade. But four or five days in the shop cured him of the
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whim, and he willingly returned to his studies. Two education. At the
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age of eight, Young Derdavo was placed in the Jesuit school in his native
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town, and here he remained un till his twentieth year. Three schools standing
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of progress. The progress of young Dirdawot was rabid. He acquited himself in
1:03:57
the humanities in a brilliant manner which early showed it the unusual capacity which distinguished
1:04:01
him throughout life. On one occasional least is recorded that he was awarded prizes
1:04:06
of all sorts for composition, for poetry, for memory, four friends and
1:04:12
associates, No further record, five reading, no further record, six production
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achievement, no further record. Seven evidences of plicosity, No further record.
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Aio Q one fifty relative coach of data points six zero three development from seventeen
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to twenty six. On the completion of his course at the lower school,
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dit Rot, aged nineteen o twenty, entered the Jesuit College Dharta Court,
1:04:36
where he remained two years. Thereafter, his parents offered him a choice between
1:04:41
the professions of medicine and law, but Dieterot refused both. He wished to
1:04:45
continue his studies, but his father would not support him in this course.
1:04:48
Son Dennis, insistent on the pursuit of letters, became a literary hack.
1:04:54
Occasionally he earned money by teaching, but the mechanical toil was unplatable, and
1:04:59
he preferred the freedom the garret. He once said to an employer, I
1:05:01
am making many of your children, but each day I am becoming a child
1:05:05
with them. What I want is not to live better, but to avoid
1:05:10
dying. He received monetary assistance from time to time from his old friends.
1:05:15
In this way, poor Bret free drive past the next ten years of his
1:05:17
life. Ai i Q one hundred forty five REALI of Kosheeta point six zero.
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Pierre Gascenti fifteen ninety two to sixteen fifty five, a celebrated French philosopher,
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physicist, and astronomer a i IQ one hundred fifty AIQ one hundred sixty
1:05:40
one. Family standing. Gassendi's parents were modest, working people, remarkable neither
1:05:45
for birth nor for fortune. Two develop Atwight seventeen one interests none recorded apart
1:05:53
from his studies. Two Education. At a very early age, Gassendi was
1:05:58
sent to the College of den three schools standing in progress. He showed particular
1:06:02
attitude for languages and mathematics, and six ten he was invited to lecture in
1:06:06
rhetoric at the college. He had attended four friends and associates. No further
1:06:12
record. Fire reading, no further record. Six production achievement. At the
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age of thirteen, the little Doctor, as Cassendi was called, composed mindo
1:06:20
dramas in prose and poetry, and with his playmates, presented them in the
1:06:25
homes of the leading families of the city. Seven evidences of precocity. From
1:06:30
his earliest years, Gossendi showed unmistakable marks of genius. When scarcely four he
1:06:35
preached little sermons. As seven he showed his learning towards astronomy by giving his
1:06:40
comrades ingenious explanations of the movements of the moon. At ten he abraenged the
1:06:45
Bishop of Din in Latin, and that worthy predicted for him a brilliant future.
1:06:50
See also two, three and six ai i q onation of fifty with
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a koshe of data point four three three development from seventeen to twenty six.
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At seventeen Gissenni went to x to study Greek, Hebrew and theology and the
1:07:05
two A vic Don, where he took the degree of doctor. A little
1:07:10
later he obtained a small benefice at Dinan. At the age of twenty one,
1:07:14
at Avignon, having been offered a choice of the chairs of theology or
1:07:17
philosophy, he chose the former. Three years later he was given to the
1:07:21
chair of philosophy, and addition, at the age of twenty five he took
1:07:26
Holy orders, but continued teaching five years longer AIQ one sixty relived coacher deet
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are point five three George William Frederick Hegel seventeen seventy to eighteen thirty one,
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a celebrated German philosopher ai Q one fifty AIQ one hundred and forty five one
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family standing. Hagel's paternal ancestors were members of the middle class, teachers,
1:07:54
Praejews, officials, and tradesmen. Frederick's father was an officer in the fiscal
1:07:58
service. His mother was a woman of considerable education and intelligence. Of her
1:08:01
family we have no report two development to age seventeen one interests. Hegard the
1:08:10
age of six was fond of physical activity, but his dancing teacher found him
1:08:14
awkward and ungainly. From his sixth year until he left the university, the
1:08:17
boys scholastic activities and interests demanded more than the usual amount of time and energy.
1:08:24
He found it difficult to satisfy his naturally inquisitive mind of other than academic
1:08:28
interests. Is reported only that he had, at the age of fifteen,
1:08:31
made a collection of insects. Two. Education. The children's education was the
1:08:38
most important concern of the household. The mother began instructing her son Frederick in
1:08:42
his fifth year, and she was tendered to him because he learned so well.
1:08:45
Before he was six. The boy was sent to a Latin school at
1:08:48
ten. A course of study under excellent private tutors was planned by his father
1:08:53
in order to advance the boy more rapidly than his regular school work would do.
1:08:57
The special studies in which he received private instruction included Latin, Greek,
1:09:01
and mathematics, both pure and applied with practical surveying. Parts of Faida's Christiade
1:09:10
were learned by heart. His fourteenth year, Hebrew was added three schools standing
1:09:15
in progress. Before he was nine years old, Hegel had begun to show
1:09:18
intellectual curiosity and the power to afflict and generalize. At the age of twelve,
1:09:23
he was familiar with the definitions of the idea clara. At fourteen and
1:09:27
three fourths he was familiar with the principles of Wolfe's logic, and at fifteen
1:09:30
he began to have his own ideas or the interpretation of history. As age,
1:09:35
he was carrying heavy courses in classics and mathematics in addition to his regular
1:09:40
school work, and out of school task was a translation of Longinus on the
1:09:45
Sublime. Hegel had the unusual taste to prefer the harder Greek to the easier
1:09:50
Latin. Four friends and associates. Although happy as a child among children,
1:09:57
Hegel began at an early age to seek the companionship of all persons. His
1:10:00
teacher Luffler and his confessor, the prelate Grayenjoe, and other men of parts
1:10:06
began to interest themselves in his progress when he was no more than eight or
1:10:11
nine years of age. These teens, he met the antiquarian Bethulius, who
1:10:15
became his friend. Five reading. When Hegel was eight years old, he
1:10:20
was presented by his teacher Loffler with a copy of Wilensch Shakespeare. The donor's
1:10:28
comment was this, you don't understand it yet, but you soon will.
1:10:31
The first play read by the boy himself was The Merry Wise Windsor. Hegel
1:10:35
read more than the usual school selection of Greek and Lenin classics, and he
1:10:39
also read Hebrew. He ranged widely in German history, the Atueri philosophy.
1:10:44
A sixteen or seventeen, or perhaps even earlier, Hegel formed the habit of
1:10:47
reading a number of literary periodicals, and his examination of the critical works of
1:10:51
others gave him at activity of judgment and critical balance six production achievement. At
1:11:00
the age of fourteen three fourths Hegel began to preserve in a diary record of
1:11:03
his school progress in German and Latin, an account of important events in various
1:11:08
ethical and intellectual discourses. This record is for the most part, dry,
1:11:12
pedantic and critical, written the spirit of contemporary enlightenment. From works he had
1:11:16
read, he compiled a book of definitions and a little letter. At sixteen
1:11:20
or seventeen he began to fill complace books with extracts from his reading, arranged
1:11:25
systematically a practice which he continued regularly. Thereafter, he made a complete bibliography
1:11:31
in a correct technical form of the books in his own library. In his
1:11:35
fifteenth fiewy he made a school declamation which was praised because it was the true
1:11:40
presentation of the spirit of the period which it was designed to represent. Seven
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evidence and subtlicocity. Hegel's development in school progress gave evidence of a deep,
1:11:50
critical, thoughtful mind. See also two, three, four, five,
1:11:55
and six ai i q oationan fifty relived coach of data points six zero three
1:12:01
developed from seventeen to twenty six. At the age of eighteen, Hegel entered
1:12:06
the University of Tubingin with an excellent school record behind him. As he was
1:12:12
destined for the church, theology reinforced with philosophy, naturally formed the basis of
1:12:15
his study. The semi monastic discipline and narrow atmosphere of the university repelled him,
1:12:21
and he found solace in writing, dancing, and drinking, as well
1:12:25
as in the study of classical and modern authors. As time proceeded, Hegel
1:12:30
was more and more drawn away from this classic theology toward the wider, freer
1:12:33
field of philosophy, especially its relation to religion. The statement in his certificate
1:12:39
to dismissal that he had bestowed no attention whatever of philosophy is a better indication
1:12:44
of the slight knowledge his instructors had of him than it is of his interest
1:12:47
in achievement. The next three years a youth aged twenty three to twenty six,
1:12:53
spent in Switzerland as a tudo. At this time his study was chiefly
1:12:56
directed to problems of religion and ethics, and easy tempted to solve from the
1:13:00
historical rather than the philosophical standpoint. This period is important because it was then
1:13:06
that Hegel's philosophy was forming and dephilipping a I i q Onation forty five will
1:13:12
lif Kosher det a point six zero, end of Section twenty nine