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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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In
1850
Fleeming
spent
some
time
in
a
Genoese
locomotive
shop
under
Mr.
Philip
Taylor,
of
Marseilles;
but
on
the
death
of
his
Aunt
Anna,
who
lived
with
them,
Captain
Jenkin
took
his
family
to
England,
and
settled
in
Manchester,
where
the
lad,
in
1851,
was
apprenticed
to
mechanical
engineering
at
the
works
of
Messrs.
Fairbairn,
and
from
half-past
eight
in
the
morning
till
six
at
night
had,
as
he
says,
'to
file
and
chip
vigorously,
in
a
moleskin
suit,
and
infernally
dirty.'
At
home
he
pursued
his
studies,
and
was
for
a
time
engaged
with
Dr.
Bell
in
working
out
a
geometrical
method
of
arriving
at
the
proportions
of
Greek
architecture.
His
stay
amidst
the
smoke
and
bustle
of
Manchester,
though
in
striking
contrast
to
his
life
in
Genoa,
was
on
the
whole
agreeable.
He
liked
his
work,
had
the
good
spirits
of
youth,
and
made
some
pleasant
friends,
one
of
them
the
authoress,
Mrs.
Gaskell.
Even
as
a
boy
he
was
disputatious,
and
his
mother
tells
of
his
having
overcome
a
Consul
at
Genoa
in
a
political
discussion
when
he
was
only
sixteen,
'simply
from
being
well-informed
on
the
subject,
and
honest.
He
is
as
true
as
steel,'
she
writes,
'and
for
no
one
will
he
bend
right
or
left...
Do
not
fancy
him
a
Bobadil;
he
is
only
a
very
true,
candid
boy.
I
am
so
glad
he
remains
in
all
respects
but
information
a
great
child.'
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