OBITER DICTA 



in which the thought, the intellectual structure, 

 rises out of, and is based upon, facts. 



He is lost, as an observer, who believes that 

 he can, with impunity, affirm that for which 

 he can adduce no evidence. 



Have the courage to say: *I do not know.' 



Since the ability of combining facts is a much 

 rarer gift than that of discerning them, many 

 students lost sight of the unity of structural 

 design in the multiplicity of structural detail. 1 



It cannot be too soon understood that science 

 is one, and that whether we investigate lan- 

 guage, philosophy, theology, history, or physics, 

 we are dealing with the same problem, cul- 

 minating in the knowledge of ourselves. Speech 

 is known only in connection with the organs 

 of man, thought in connection with his brain, 

 religion as the expression of his aspirations, 

 history as the record of his deeds, and physical 

 sciences as the laws under which he lives. 2 



The most advanced Darwinians seem re- 

 luctant to acknowledge the intervention of an 



1 Atlantic Monthly 33. 93. 



2 Atlantic Monthly 33. 95. 



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