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That study of his was a museum, and nothing else. Specimens of / everything known in mineralogy lay there in their places in perfect / order, and correctly named, divided into inflammable, metallic, and / lithoid minerals.
How well I knew all these bits of science! Many a time, instead of / enjoying the company of lads of my own age, I had preferred dusting / these graphites, anthracites, coals, lignites, and peats! And there / were bitumens, resins, organic salts, to be protected from the least / grain of dust; and metals, from iron to gold, metals whose current / value altogether disappeared in the presence of the republican / equality of scientific specimens; and stones too, enough to rebuild / entirely the house in Koenigstrasse, even with a handsome additional / room, which would have suited me admirably.