Note 135 — Chapter V · OPENING MANHOOD—1847 TO 1850—Æt. 16-19.
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This request had probably some connection with the meeting of the “wise men” in Edinburgh. Maxwell had been present, and had spoken in Section A. Professor Swan remembers the surprise felt by all but Forbes at seeing the beardless stripling rise to dispute some point in the colour theory with Sir David Brewster.