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CHAPTER I. 1807-1827: to Age 20.
Birthplace.- Influence of his Mother. -
Early Love of Natural History. - Boyish Occupations. - Domestic
Education. - First School. - Vacations. Commercial Life renounced. -
College of Lausanne. - Choice of Profession. - Medical School of
Zurich.- Life and Studies there. - University of Heidelberg. - Studies
interrupted by Illness. - Return to Switzerland. - Occupations during
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CHAPTER II. 1827-1828: Age 20-21.
Arrival in Munich. -
Lectures. - Relations with the Professors. - Schelling,
Martins, Oken, Döllinger. - Relations with Fellow -
Students. - The Little Academy. - Plans for
Traveling. - Advice from his Parents. - Vacation
Journey. - Tri-Centennial Dürer Festival at Nuremberg.
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CHAPTER III. 1828 - 1829: Age 21-22.
First Important Work in Natural
History. - Spix's Brazilian Fishes. - Second Vacation Trip. -
Sketch of Work during University Year. - Extracts from the
Journal of Mr. Dinkel. - Home Letters. - Hope of joining
Humboldt's Asiatic Expedition. Diploma of Philosophy. -
Completion of First Part of the Spix Fishes. - Letter concerning
it from Cuvier.
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CHAPTER IV. 1829-1830: Age 22-23.
Scientific Meeting at Heidelberg. -
Visit at Home. Illness and Death of his Grandfather. - Return to
Munich. - Plans for Future Scientific Publications. - Takes his
Degree of Medicine. - Visit to Vienna. - Return to
Munich. - Home Letters. - Last Days at Munich.
- Autobiographical Review of School and University Life.
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CHAPTER V. 1830-1832: Age 23-25.
Year at Home. - Leaves Home for Paris.
- Delays on the Road. - Cholera. - Arrival in Paris. - First
Visit to Cuvier. - Cuvier's kindness. - His Death. - Poverty in
Paris. - Home Letters concerning Embarrassments and about
his Work. - Singular Dream.
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CHAPTER VI. 1832: Age 25.
Unexpected Relief from Difficulties. --
Correspondence with Humboldt. - Excursion to the Coast of
Normandy. - First Sight of the Sea. - Correspondence
concerning Professorship at Neuchâtel. - Birthday
Fête. - Invitation to Chair of Natural History at
Neuchâtel. - Acceptance. - Letter to Humboldt.
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CHAPTER VII. 1832-1.834: Age 25-27.
Enters upon his Professorship at
Neuchâtel. - First Lecture. Success as a Teacher. - Love of
Teaching. - Influence upon the Scientific Life of
Neuchâtel. - Proposal from University of Heidelberg.
Proposal declined. - Threatened Blindness. -
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with Humboldt. - Marriage. - Invitation from
Charpentier. - Invitation to visit England. - Wollaston Prize. -
First Number of "Poissons Fossiles."
- Review of the Work.
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CHAPTER VIII. 1834-1837: Age 27-30.
First Visit to England. -
Reception by Scientific Men. - Work on Fossil Fishes there.
- Liberality of English Naturalists. - First Relations with
American Science. - Farther Correspondence with Humboldt. -
Second Visit to England. - Continuation of "Fossil Fishes."
- Other Scientific Publications. Attention drawn to Glacial Phenomena.
- Summer at Bex with Charpentier. - Sale of Original Drawings for
"Fossil Fishes." - Meeting of Helvetic Society. Address on Ice-Period.
- Letters from Humboldt and Von Buch.
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CHAPTER IX. 1837-1839: Age30-32.
Invitation to Professorships at Geneva
and Lausanne - Death of his Father. - Establishment of
Lithographic Press at Neuchâtel. - Researches upon Structure of
Mollusks. - Internal Casts of Shells. Glacial Explorations. - Views of
Buckland. - Relations with Arnold Guyot. - Their Work together in the
Alps. - Letter to Sir Philip Egerton concerning Glacial Work. -
Summer of 1839. - Publication of
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CHAPTER X. 1840-1842: ET. 33-35.
Summer Station on the Glacier of the
Aar. - Hotel des Neuchâtelois. - Members of the
Party. - Work on the Glacier. Ascent of the Strahleek and the
Siedelhorn. - Visit to England. - Search for Glacial Remains in Great
Britain. Roads of Glen Roy. Views of English Naturalists concerning
Agassiz's Glacial Theory. - Letter from Humboldt. - Winter Visit
to Glacier. - Summer of 1841 on the Glacier. - Descent into
the Glacier. - Ascent of the Jungfrau.
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CHAPTER XI. 1842-1843: Age 35-36.
Zoölogica1 Work uninterrupted by
Glacial Researches. - Various Publications. - "Nomenclator Zoölogicus."
- "Bibliographia Zoologiae et Geologiae." Correspondence with
English Naturalists. - Correspondence with Humboldt.
- Glacial Campaign of 1842. - Correspondence with Prince de
Canino concerning Journey to United States. - Fossil Fishes from the
Old Red Sandstone. - Glacial Campaign of 1843. - Death of
Leuthold, the Guide.
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CHAPTER XII. 1843-1846: Age 36-39.
Completion of Fossil Fishes. -
Followed by Fossil Fishes of the Old Red Sandstone. - Review of
the Later Work. -- Identification of Fishes by the Skull.
- Renewed Correspondence with Prince Canino about Journey to the United
States. Change of Plan owing to the Interest of the King of Prussia in
the Expedition. - Correspondence between Professor Sedgwick and
Agassiz on Devolopment Theory. - Final Scientific Work in
Neuchâtel and Paris.
Publication of "Système
Glaciaire." - Short Stay in England. - Farewell Letter from
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CHAPTER XIII. 1846: Age 39.
Arrival at Boston. - Previous
Correspondence with Charles Lyell and Mr. John A. Lowell concerning
Lectures at the Lowell Institute. - Relations with Mr.
Lowell. - First Course of Lectures. - Character of Audience. - Home
Letter giving an Account of his first Journey in the United States. -
Impressions of Scientific Men, Scientific Institutions and Collections.
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Course of Lectures in Boston on
Glaciers. - Correspondence with Scientific Friends in Europe.
House in East Boston. - Household and Housekeeping. -
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CHAPTER XV. 1847 - 1850: Age 40 - 43.
Excursions on Coast Survey Steamer.
- Relations with Dr. Bache, the Superintendent of the Coast
Survey. - Political Disturbances in Switzerland. - Change
of Relations with Prussia. - Scientific School established in
Cambridge. - Chair of Natural History offered to
Agassiz. - Acceptance. - Removal to
Cambridge. - Literary and Scientific Associations there and
in Boston. - Household in Cambridge. Beginning of
Museum. - Journey to Lake Superior. - "Report, with Narration." - "Principles of Zoology," by Agassiz
and Gould. - Letters from European Friends respecting these
Publications. Letter from Hugh Miller. - Second Marriage. -
Arrival of his Children in America.
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CHAPTER XVI. 1850 - 1852: Age 43 - 45.
Proposition from Dr. Bache. -
Exploration of Florida Reefs. - Letter to Humboldt concerning
Work in America. - Appointment to Professorship of Medical
College in Charleston, S. C. - Life at the South. Views
concerning Races of Men. - Prix Cuvier.
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CHAPTER XVII. 1852 - 1855: Age. 45 - 48.
Return to Cambridge. - Anxiety about
Collections. Purchase of Collections. - Second Winter in
Charleston. - Illness. - Letter to James D. Dana
concerning Geographical Distribution and Geological Succession of
Animals. - Resignation of Charleston Professorship. -
Propositions from Zurich. - Letter from Oswald Heer. - Decision to
remain in Cambridge. - Letters to James D. Dana, S. S. Haldeman,
and Others respecting Collections illustrative of the Distribution of
Fishes, Shells, etc., in our Rivers. - Establishment of
School for Girls.
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CHAPTER XVIII. 1855 - 1860: Age 48 - 53.
"Contributions to Natural History of
the United States." - Remarkable Subscription. - Review of
the Work. - Its Reception in Europe and America. - Letters
from Humboldt and Owen concerning it. - Birthday.
- Longfellow's Verses. Laboratory at Nahant. - Invitation
to the Museum of Natural History in Paris. - Founding of Museum
of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge. - Summer Vacation in Europe.
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CHAPTER XIX. 1860 - 1863: Age 53 - 56.
Return to Cambridge. - Removal of
Collection to New Museum Building. - Distribution of
Work. - Relations with his Students. - Breaking out
of the War between North and South. - Interest of Agassiz in the
Preservation of the Union. - Commencement of Museum Publications. -
Reception of Third and Fourth Volumes of "Contributions." -
Copley Medal - General Correspondence. - Lecturing
Tour in the West. - Circular Letter concerning Anthropological
Collections. - Letter to Mr. Ticknor concerning Geographical
Distribution of Fishes in Spain.
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CHAPTER XX. 1863 - 1864: Age 56 - 57.
Correspondence with Dr. S. G.
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Race. - Affection for Harvard College. - Interest in her
General Progress. - Correspondence with Emerson concerning
Harvard. - Glacial Phenomena in Maine.
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CHAPTER XXI. 1865 - 1868 : Age 58 - 61.
Letter to his Mother announcing Journey
to Brazil. - Sketch of Journey. - Kindness of the Emperor. -
Liberality of the Brazilian Government. - Correspondence
with Charles Sumner. - Letter to his Mother at Close
of Brazil Journey. - Letter from
Martius concerning Journey in Brazil. - Return to Cambridge. -
Lectures in Boston and New York. - Summer at Nahant. - Letter to
Professor Peirce on the Survey of Boston Harbor. - Death of his
Mother. - Illness. - Correspondence with Oswald Heer.
- Summer Journey in the West. - Cornell University. -
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CHAPTER XXII. 1868 - 1871 Age 61 - 64.
New Subscription to Museum.
- Additional Buildings. - Arrangement of New
Collections. - Dredging Expedition on Board the Bibb.
- Address at the
Humboldt Centennial. - Attack on the Brain. Suspension of
Work. - Working Force at the Musetun. - New
Accessions. - Letter from Professor Seclgwick. - Letter
from Professor Deshayes. - Restored Health. - Hassler
Voyage proposed. - Acceptance. - Scieutific Preparation for
the Voyage.
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Sailing of the Hassler. -
Sargassum Fields. - Dredging at Barbadoes. - From the West
Indies to Rio de Janeiro. - Monte Video. - Quarantine. - Glacial
Traces in the Bay of Monte Video. - The Gulf of Mathias. -
Dredging off Gulf of St. George. - Dredging off Cape Virgens.
- Possession Bay. Salt Pool. - Moraine. -
Sandy Point. - Cruise through the Straits. -
Scenery. - Wind Storm. Borja Bay. - Glacier
Bay. - Visit to the Glacier. - Chorocua Bay.
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Picnic in Sholl Bay. -
Fuegians. - Smythe's Channel. - Comparison of Glacial Features
with those of the Strait of Magellan. - Ancud. - Port of San
Pedro. - Bay of Concepcion. - Three Weeks in Talcahuana. -
Collections. - Geology. - Land Journey to Santiago. - Scenes
along the Road - Report on Glacial Features to Mr. Peirce. -
Arrival at Santiago. Election as Foreign Associate of the Institute of
France. - Valparaiso. - The Galapagos. - Geological
and Zoological Features. - Arrival at San Francisco.
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Return to Cambridge. - Summer
School proposed. Interest of Agassiz. - Gift of Mr. Anderson. -
Prospectus of Penikese School. - Difficulties. - Opening of
School. - Summer Work. - Close of School. - Last Course of
Lectures at Museum. - Lecture before Board of Agriculture. -
illness. - Death. - Place of Burial.
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