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will allow, and then a concentration on special cultures suitable to the 

 intellectual plane to which the pupil has been previously raised by 

 the general cultivation. 



Deeply religious in his innermost nature, he nevertheless fearlessly 

 pushed scientific ideas to their legitimate conclusions. He believed 

 that truth cannot conflict with itself; that true science is net antago- 

 nistic to a true religion, or vice versa ; that pride and dogmatism on 

 both sides are the only bar to cordial relations. 



The following are some of Prof. Le Conte's principal contributions 

 to literature and science : 



1. The Science of Medicine, and the Causes which have retarded its Progress, 



1849. 



2. Agency of the Gulf Stream in the Formation of the Peninsula and Keys of 



Florida, 1856. 



3. Lectures on Coal, and on Coral Reefs. Smithsonian Institution, 1857. 



4. Place of Organic Science and Geology in a Scheme of Education, 1857. 



5. Morphology, and its Relation to Fine Art, 1858. 

 G. Principles of a Liberal Education, 1859. 



7. Female Education, 1859. 



8. Correlation of Physical, Chemical, and Vital Forces, 1859. 



9. Relation of Organic Science to Social Science, 1860. 



10. Importance of Natural History in the Schools, and the General Relation of 



the School, the College, and the University, to each other and to Active 

 Life, 1861. 



11. The Nature and Uses of Fine Art, 1863. 



Phenomena anil Theory of Binocular Vision a series ofjmpers, vis. : 



12. I. Adjustments of the Eye, 1868. 



13. II. Relation of the Eves on the Optic Axis in Convergence, 1869. 



14. III. The Horoptic, 1869. 



15. IV. A New Mode of representing Binocular Phenomena, 1870. 



16. V. Theory of Steroscopy, 1871. 



17. VI. So-called Images of Illusion, 1872. 



18. VII. Position of the Eyes in Sleep, 1875. 



19. VIII. Law of Corresponding Points in Relation to the Law of Direction, 



1875. 



20. IX. Comparative Physiology of Binocular Vision, 1875. 



21. X. Structure of the Crystalline Lens, and its Relation to Periscopism, 1877. 



22. General Law of Circulation in Nature, 1870. 



23. Theory of Formation of the Greater Features of the Earth's Surface, 1872. 



24. Ancient Glaciers of the Sierra, 1873. 



25. Some Tributaries of Lake Valley Glaciers, 1875. 



26. The Great Lava-Flood of the Northwest, and the Structure and Age of the 



Cascade Mountains, 1874. 



27. Structure and Mode of Formation of the Coast Ranges of California, 1876. 



28. Instinct and Intelligence, or the Genesis of Instinct, 1875. 



29. The True Idea of a University, 1876. 



30. Critical Periods in the History of the Earth, and their Relation to Evolu- 



tion, 1877. 



Although his life has been given to the development of original 

 thought in various departments, yet Prof. Le Conte has not had the 

 ambition to be a great book-maker. He, however, published a volume 

 in 1873 on "Religion and Science," and has just issued a comprehen- 

 sive college text-book of geology, the result of his twenty-five years' 

 experience in teaching that subject. 



