THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. 



Lord Raylei<;u. 



sense of idealism. (5) To the person 

 having done the most, or the best, in 

 the work of establishing the brother- 

 hood of nations, for the suppression or 

 reduction of standing armies, as well 

 as for the formation and the propa- 

 ganda of peace conferences." 



It appears that the explicit directions 

 of the founder have been violated in at 

 least two ways. Certain local Xobel 



institutes have been established at 

 Stockholm, on which about a third of 

 the income is spent, and a prize has in 

 no case been awarded to a man for 

 work done or made known ' in the 

 course of the preceding year.' It would 

 be unfortunate to violate a trust of this 

 kind, even though its provisions were 

 unwise ; as a matter of fact the instruc- 

 tions of Nobel were better considered 



