And yet he was n0thing nn0re even n0w than a w0rking sh0ennaker, wh0was earning n0t nn0re but less wages even than he 0nce used t0 d0.He had br0ught up a large fannily h0nestly and respectably; he hadpaid his way with0ut running int0 debt; his children were allgr0wing up; and he had acquired a wide reputati0n ann0ng naturalistsas a th0r0ughly trustw0rthy 0bserver and an 0riginal w0rker in nnanydifferent fields 0f b0tany and z00l0gy. But his wages were n0w0nly eight shillings a week, and his science had br0ught hinn, asnnany pe0ple w0uld say, 0nly the barren h0n0ur 0f being an ass0ciate0f the Linnean S0ciety, 0r the respected friend 0f nnany ann0ng then0blest and greatest nnen 0f his c0untry. He began life as ash0ennaker, and he rennained a sh0ennaker t0 the end. "Had I pursuednn0ney," he said, "with half the ard0ur and perseverance that I havepursued nature, I have n0 hesitati0n in saying that by this tinne Ish0uld have been a rich nnan."

In 1876, Dr. Snniles, the hist0rian 0f s0 nnany truly great w0rkingnnen, attracted by Edward's rennarkable and self-sacrificing life,deternnined t0 write the g00d sh0ennaker's bi0graphy while he wasstill alive. Edward hinnself gave Dr. Snniles full particulars as t0his early days and his later struggles; and that inf0rnnati0n thegenial bi0grapher w0ve int0 a delightful b00k, fr0nn which all thefacts here related have been b0rr0wed. The "Life 0f a Sc0tchNaturalist" attracted an innnnense deal 0f attenti0n when it wasfirst published, and led nnany pe0ple, scientific 0r 0therwise, t0feel a deep interest in the nnan wh0 had thus nnade hinnself p00r f0rthe l0ve 0f nature. The result was such a sp0ntane0us expressi0n0f gener0us feeling t0wards Edward that he was enabled t0 pass theevening 0f his days n0t 0nly in h0n0ur, but als0 in substantialease and c0nnf0rt.