VII 



ON" SCIENCE AND ART IN RELATION 

 TO EDUCATION 



[1882] 



When a man is honoured by such a request" as 



that which reached me from the authorities of 



your institution some time ago, I think the first 



thing that occurs to him is that which occurred to 



those who were bidden to the feast in the Gospel 



— to begin to make an excuse; and probably all 



tlie excuses suggested on that famous occasion 



crop up in his mind one after the other, including 



his " having married a wife," as reasons for not 



doing what he is asked to do. But, in my own 



case, and on this particular occasion, there were 



other difficulties of a sort peculiar to the time, and 



more or less personal to myself; because I felt 



that, if I came amongst you, I sliould be expected, 



and, indeed, morally compelled, to speak upon the 



subject of Scientific Education. And then there 

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