...the branches of physical science, but curiously learned in metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted, with most of the modern languages, and familiar with most of their recent literature. He would spend...

...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories...

...physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured; but it could not have been inferred from his casual occupations, and probably is not generally known,...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer expounding, for hours together, the theories of the German logicians,...

...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...with most of the modern languages and familiar with most of recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer...

...branches of physical science, might, perhaps, have been conjectured', but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories...