Show individual DISCOVERY liy amik it iy ay tho knowledge acquired by personal ni or experience is tar more ahin alio same lichts demor zed from books prof agasid n most excellent understood and acted upon this truth many af ida lessons consisted of looking soilo wn giren to the indent to analyze and comment upon but no licup was until alio pupil biad elicited nil lio information irom it which ho could delrivo unaided agassiz occasionally asked after tho pupil s progress but never gave bilm leading questions which might servo to biggest conclusions to he must otherwise come independently prof hyatt 1 prominent naturalist has a similar method of teaching the suggestion of which may havo come from his liesl interview and study louis Agi tsiz in regard to his open ing lesson with this great teacher prot says IIo gayo 1110 1 n stone lily a rather complex fossil anil told ino to study it this I 1 thought easy work so 1 took a stroll in tho after noon and thought little of it next i morning lio came up to my table and asked me clial I 1 had found I 1 had never studied from nature before and began givings givin gu description which ho soon interrupted stop ho said in an tone you dont know iny tiling about it it is j kt what I 1 expected you told mo any thing that know look at it again and tell mo something that you wu for yourself I 1 had somo faint book remembrances and had been relying upon tl icso taken all aback I 1 began to work I 1 thought about my specimen nil daiy diy and about it it night next morning 1 began alling him hat I 1 had found but before I 1 was ono through he stopped me saying that is good but you hive not yet told mu what I 1 wint with aliis ho pointed to alio side ot tho room where benr lishco and sen urchins were kept and told me to co aliat moro he wanted in this blind way biml with no further hint I 1 worked un 1 for a long time then I 1 found aliat I had omitted to mention I 1 ho alar liec appearance of the not knowing whether it ans of any importance I 1 timidly mentioned resemblance to alio star fishca and prof adamz was ahn burned into my mind thu most important lesson ot my cifu alio manner of gaining real by ob ind that of using it by comparison and inference bouti s COOT banim |