The life and letters of Charles Darwin : including an autobiographical chapter . for my particular line of work. Lastly, I have had ampleleisure from not having to earn my own bread. Even ill-health, though it has annihilated several years of my life, hassaved me from the distractions of society and amusement. Therefore my success as a man of science, whatever thismay have amounted to, has been determined, as far as I canjudge, by complex and diversified mental qualities and con-ditions. Of these, the most important have been—the love * The falseness of the published statements on which Mr. Hu
The life and letters of Charles Darwin : including an autobiographical chapter . for my particular line of work. Lastly, I have had ampleleisure from not having to earn my own bread. Even ill-health, though it has annihilated several years of my life, hassaved me from the distractions of society and amusement. Therefore my success as a man of science, whatever thismay have amounted to, has been determined, as far as I canjudge, by complex and diversified mental qualities and con-ditions. Of these, the most important have been—the love * The falseness of the published statements on which Mr. Huth reliedhas been pointed out by himself in a slip inserted in all the copies of hisbook which then remained unsold. 86 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. of science—unbounded patience in long reflecting over anysubject—industry in observing and collecting facts—and afair share of invention as well as of common sense. Withsuch moderate abilities as I possess, it is truly surprising thatI should have influenced to a considerable extent the beliefof scientific men on some important DOWN HOUSE, FROM THE GARDEN. [From the Century Magazine, CHAPTER III. REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHERS EVERYDAY LIFE. It is my wish in the present chapter to give some idea ofmy fathers everyday life. It has seemed to me that I mightcarry out this object in the form of a rough sketch of a dayslife at Down, interspersed with such recollections as are calledup by the record. Many of these recollections, which have ameaning for those who knew my father, will seem colourlessor trifling to strangers. Nevertheless, I give them in the hopethat they may help to preserve that impression of his personal-ity which remains on the minds of those who knew and lovedhim—an impression at once so vivid and so untranslatableinto words. Of his personal appearance (in these days of multipliedphotographs) it is hardly necessary to say much. He wasabout six feet in height, but scarcely looked so tall, as hestooped a good deal; in
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