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powers of interpretation. . . . Great as the advance of scientific 

 knowledge has been, it has not been greater than the growth of the 

 material to be dealt with. The goal of science is clear — it is noth- 

 ing Short of the complete interpretation of the universe. But the 

 goal is an ideal one — it marks the direction in which we move and 

 strive, but never a stage we shall actually reach. The universe 

 grows ever larger as we learn to understand more of our own corner 

 of it." 



Sheffield Scientific School, 

 Yale University, 



New Haven, Conn. 



