[158b] Compare Charles Darwin’s words: “George has not slaved himself, which makes his success the more satisfactory” (More Letters of C. Darwin, Vol. II., p. 287).
[159] Emma Darwin, A Century of Family Letters, 1915, Vol. II., p. 187.
[161] He was called in 1874 but did not practise.
[162] As a boy he had energetically collected Lepidoptera during the years 1858–61; the first vague indications of a leaning towards physical science may perhaps be found in his joining the Sicilian eclipse expedition, December, 1870—January, 1871. It appears from Nature, December 1, 1870, that George was told off to make sketches of the Corona.
[163a] Macmillan’s Magazine, 1872, Vol. XXVI., pp. 410–416.
[163b] Contemporary Review, 1873, Vol. XXII., pp. 412–426.
[163c] Not published.
[163d] Contemporary Review, 1874, Vol. XXIV., pp. 894–904.
[164a] Journal of the Statistical Society, 1875, Vol. XXXVIII., pt. 2, pp. 153–182, also pp. 183–184, and pp. 344–348.
[164b] Probably he heard informally at the end of October what was not formally determined till November.