Paradoxical philosophy : a sequel to the Unseen universe.

  • Balfour Stewart
Date:
1878
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Credit: Paradoxical philosophy : a sequel to the Unseen universe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Stephen had in his youth achieved distinc- tion in one of our great English Universities, and as a logical consequence he was not dis- posed to pass the remainder of his life without taking an active part in the work of the world. Indeed his father Isaac had always looked to his son to maintain the credit of a large in- dustrial concern which would naturally revert to him as a species of patrimony. What now was Stephen to do with this inheritance ? Sell its fixtures and good-will, buy acres and hunt ? Such a course did not recommend itself to the son, nor indeed would his father have readily suffered its adoption. ‘ If Stephen inherits my means he also inherits my duties,' the old man was heard to say ; and so after his university career, this worthy son of a true alma mater, nothing loth, settled himself down in his father’s counting-house, and buckled on his commercial armour just before business hours. Such filial piety did not remain unrewarded, and the son’s hours of leisure were soon solaced
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