. Eminent naturalists. Naturalists; Science. 182 EMINENT NATURALISTS. that they have easily admitted an assimilation of all fresh discoveries and a re-adjustment to newly-accepted theories. He was not only a keen investigator of natural phenomena, he was also a shrewd observer of human nature, and his interesting travels in America are full of clever criticism and sagacious forecasts. His mind, always fresh and open to new impressions, by sympathy drew towards it and quickened the enthusiasm of all who studied nature. Had he done nothing him- self, he would have helped science on by the warmth
. Eminent naturalists. Naturalists; Science. 182 EMINENT NATURALISTS. that they have easily admitted an assimilation of all fresh discoveries and a re-adjustment to newly-accepted theories. He was not only a keen investigator of natural phenomena, he was also a shrewd observer of human nature, and his interesting travels in America are full of clever criticism and sagacious forecasts. His mind, always fresh and open to new impressions, by sympathy drew towards it and quickened the enthusiasm of all who studied nature. Had he done nothing him- self, he would have helped science on by the warmth with which he hailed each new discovery. Professor Hughes says, " How many a young geologist has been braced up for new efforts by the encouraging words he heard from Sir Charles, and how many a one has felt exaggeration checked, and the faculty of seeing things as they are, strengthened by a conversation with that keen sifter of the true from the false ! ". Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greenwood, Thomas, 1851-1908. London, Simpkin, Marshall
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