charles darwin
...rning languages and never understood algebra or mastered higher mathematics. He enjoyed discovering new things, and was very curious. As he grew older collecting became his major hobby. He collected minerals and insects, and he also became a bird watcher. In college he socialized with hunting, shooting and riding. Perhaps like Einstein though, he had a more productive intellectual career in later years. Charles’ father was a physician, and a great talker. Charles was very fond of his father, even though they had very little in common. Charles says,” My father’s mind was not scientific, and he did not try to generalize his knowledge under general laws; yet he formed a theory for almost everything which occurred. I do not think that I gained much from him intellectually; but his examples out to have been of much moral service to all his children. One of his golden rules (a hard one to follow) was, “Never become the friend of any one whom you cannot respect”(42). His father had a lot of power and confidence, but even if he...