First frankland memorial oration of the lancastrian frankland society
✍ Scribed by Armstrong, Henry E.
- Book ID
- 102886189
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1934
- Weight
- 939 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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✦ Synopsis
Z coultl little tliiiik t l i i i t , it \voultl lie perriiittcd to in(!, iieiirly 70 yciirs iiftcr\viirds, to sliciik of liis work itritl wort11 in t Iic towti i n wliicli tlic t~~~ciltiiil foiiiidnt.ions were hid of his grctit (*:ircrbr ; still less t l i i i t I slioiiltl hiire iin cltlrst son iiiitl i i i i cltlcst griintlsoii 1~0th Iicnriiig his iiiiiiie i i i i t l Iiotli cliciiiists : so tliiit. to-thy I iiiii itlilc t o Ii~iir wit iicss tliroiigli t.lirc!e geiicriitioiis. l~~iiiiklii~id liiitl t.11~ dist iiictioii to IJe 1)orii (18'25) in tlie yciir iii which hoth I~crizerie nntl C~iiliogeii nrid i11so his twiitiiiil collriigiic Iluxley were liorn, onc Iiiiiitlrrtl niitl iiiiic yciirs itgo, :it C'liiirr~lito~vii liciir Giirstiitig, IJiiiiciisliirc. Itroiii 1830 i i a t il the iiiitiiinii of 1845, lic wiis tloiiiiciletl iii 1,:iiiciistt~r. Aftcr being a t scwriil ,piviite scliools, lie sptbiit t lie tlircc YCitrs up t o fiftccii tit the Cfriiriiliiiir School ; on Iciivirig tliis Iic wiis nliprcnticotl to ii lociil tlriiggist, with wlioin lie scri~etl tliiriiig iiciirly six yeiirs-ii period of ilrutlgcry. I~cginiiiiig by tnkiiig ~Iown tlic sliiittcrs, evcwtiiiilly cvtm piiiiiting tlic shop, lie lciiriit dl tlic ~)riictic:iI iirts of t,lic sdf-liclpiiig tlriiggist. of t.liose pills were rollytl by liiiud. llnrd ns \v:w tlic life lie w r i t tliroiigli it. wiis to his iufinitt! bciiclit, ns lie leiirnt to work like ii clciiion, giiiniiig it griisp of ~iittiiriil pliilosopliy I J ~ t,lie wiy, by private stiitly out of hours. Ilc wis ciirly sclioolctl by raiding Yricstlcy's grciit work on tlic Ifistory of Ncctricity tliitl h ~a ~t i i i t Frci/rX.Zitc'.s Life hit scciiis to hiivc bccii first inspired I y Siort~ortl u/td ,lfcrtw. lIis privittc cspcriiiiclitiil stiitlics were grcittly iiitlcd by
Ah. Cliristoplicr Johnson iiiid csl)cciiilly by his soii, I h . .Jiiiiies Joliiisoii, two uniisiiiilly ciiligliteiicd mcdiciil iiicii wlio rccogiiiecd his proinisc ; tlic sou even went so fiir 11s to clisposscss i i teiiiiiit. from ii cot,titgc, wliicli I1c fitted up iis i t IiI~JOriltOr~ for t hc Iioy iintl liis friends to iisc in tlicir evciiiiig Iionrs. h i o n g liis inriiiy occupnt,ions, tluririg his iipprciit iccships, I~ritiikliind ttlso fouiitl t iuic to get. up tit, four in tlic inorniiig to botiuiizc ! 1 lr will ccrtiiiiily Iiiivc bccii oiic of tlic yoiiiig ~c i i tiilkctl of i i i the Liiiiciister \ Y h i 1 t,liiiik of his cst,riiortliiitiry IiriicticiiI iibility ---I I i i i \ ~ iicvcr inct wit11 ti iiiore skilful workcr-