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confidence which the people at large place in their assurances. 

 Hence those who respect their honor and dignity as scientists 

 should refrain from dogmatizing on the undemonstrated ani- 

 mal origin of man, however much they may personally fancy 

 this theory. "We cannot teach," says Virchow, ''nor can we 

 regard as one of the results of scientific research, the doctrine 

 that man is descended from the ape or from any other animal." 

 ("The Liberty of Science," p. 30, et seq.) And Professor Reinke 

 of Kiel concludes: "The only statement consistent with her 

 dignity, that Science can make, is to say that she knows noth- 

 ing about the origin of man." (Der Turmer^ V, Oct., 1902, 

 Part I, p. 13.) 



A slave, we are told (Tertul., Apolog. 33), rode in the tri- 

 umphal chariot of the Roman conqueror, to whisper ever and 

 anon in his ear: Hominem memento te! — "Remember that 

 thou art a man!" It is unfortunate that no similar warning 

 is sounded when the tone of scientific individuals or organiza- 

 tions threatens to become unduly imperious and intolerant. 

 This tendency, however, to forget limitations and to usurp the 

 prerogative of infallibility is sometimes rebuked by other 

 reminders. The writer recalls an instance, which happened 

 in connection with the Pan Pacific Conference at Honolulu 

 during the August of 1920. 



The Conference was attended by illustrious scientists from 

 every land bordering upon the Pacific. After the preliminary 

 sessions, the delegates paid a visit to the famous volcano of 

 Kilauea. Doctor T. A. Jaggar, Jr., vulcanologist and Director 

 of the United States Observatory at Kilauea, acted as guide, 

 the writer himself being one of the party. In the course of 

 our tour of inspection, we came to the extinct volcano of 

 Kenakakoe. There a number of volcanic bombs, some shat- 

 tered and some intact, were pointed out to us. For the 

 benefit of readers, who may not know, I may state that a 

 volcanic bomb originates as a fragment of foreign material, 

 e.g. a stone, which, falling into a volcano, becomes coated 

 with an external shell of lava. In addition to the bombs, 



