The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, Vol. 2: July, 1824 to July, 1825Providence made the beginning of his future distinguished course in life, seemed likely at the time of its occurrence to have placed him in a sphere inferior to that of his brother. It was his first intention, as it was also that of his elder brother, to have studied theology, but an unmerited hard treatrnent which he met with at school, so disinclined him to study, that he determined, in his l6th ear, to learn the trade of an Apothecary. Five years w ich he was forced to spend as an apprentice, and two Wth he passed as an assistant, in the public laboratory at Quedlinburg, 'do not seem to have furnished the best education for a great chem ist, for the laced him out of the reach of scientific study, and instes olp that, secured nothing for him but a certain mechanical adroitness in the most common pharmaceutical parations. In a aper which was found amongst those that e has left behind im, he thus expresses himself I can not boast of the instruction which I have received from m teachers. On the contrary, I was obliged to content myse f with such information as I could gain, in those tim from the mechanical operations of my elder companions, an with the perusal of a few old Apothecary books, for the study of which, too, I had but little leisure.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.