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own, wrought out by their own strength. They were depend- 

 ent on neither Hbraries nor equipment though they struggled 

 for both. Not faciHties for work, but endeavor to work, if 

 need be without faciHties, gave them strength and their 

 strength was the strength of ten. — David Starr Jordan in 

 Science. 



First Hand Knowledge. — If you purpose to be a natur- 

 ahst, get as soon as you can at the objects themselves; if you 

 would be an artist, go to your models ; if a writer, take your 

 authors at first hand and after you have wrestled with the texts 

 and reached the full length of your own fathom line, then take 

 the fathom line of the critic and reviewer. Do not trust to 

 mental peptones. Cairry the independent, iniquisitive, sceptical 

 and even the rebellious spirit of the graduate school well down 

 into undergraduate life and even into school life. If you are 

 a student, force yourself to think independently; if a teacher 

 compel your youths to express their own minds. In listening 

 to a lecture, weigh the evidence as presented, cultivate a polite 

 scepticism, not affected but genuine, keep a running fire of in- 

 terrogation points in your mind and you will finally develop 

 a mind of your own. Do not climb that mountain of learn- 

 ing in the hope that when you reach the summit you will be 

 able to think for yourself; think for yourself while you are 

 climbing. — Dr. H. F. Osborn in Science. 



