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the value and the dignity of its relationships to human progress. 

 Consider how your obligations are strengthened by circum- 

 stances peculiar to the age in which you live, or to your own 

 countr3^ . . . Let men of science be assured that you appreciate 

 what thej^ are doing and suffering. . . . The days of fire and fag- 

 got have indeed passed away, . . . yet the roll of the martyrs of 

 science was not ended with those who suffered by the dungeon 

 or the stake. ... It is hazardiug nothing to sa}^ that an impor- 

 tant novelty in science, however clearly and firmly attested, 

 might be received as unwillingl}- and contested as hotly, and 

 might make as wide breaches of social connections, as could be 

 asserted of the modern systems of astronomy and geology at the 

 time of their fiirst promulgation. ... It is over the newly-made 

 grave of Morton that science once more appeals to mankind to 

 cease from outraging the name of Religion by persecutions of 

 those who honestl}^ seek to read aright the works of the Master 

 of Life." 



As may be judged bj' these dislocated fragments of discourse, 

 Mr. Foulke was an ardent champion for freedom of scientific 

 and religious opinion. His zeal in this quarter led him to the 

 publication of a pamphlet, in 1857, entitled "Notice of Some 

 Remarks b}^ the late Mr. Hugh Miller, &c.," being certain pas- 

 sages on pages 159, 160, 161 of the first American edition (1854) 

 of Mr. Miller's Lecture on the Two Records, Mosaic aud Geo- 

 logical, and other passages on pages 171 to 175. These passages 

 were cited by Mr. Foulke at a meeting of the Academy (May 9, 

 1854), in a kind and most respectful manner, merely with the 

 design to guard against such unwarranted genei'alizations of 

 science as Mr. Miller allowed himself for theological purposes. 

 His remarks bore upon the importance of maintaining scrutiny 

 of the logic of the natural sciences, especially now, during a 

 prevailing disposition to " reconcile" the results of scientific re-, 

 searches, by extreme processes, with the popular interpretation 

 of certain texts of the Mosaic history. 



In the next American edition of the Two Records, published 

 shortly before Mr. Miller's death, notes to these pages appeared, 

 charging Mr. Foulke with downright unfairness, and speaking 

 scornfully of his connection with a learned societ3\ In order to 

 correct such complete misapprehension of the motive and drift 

 of his criticism, Mr. Foulke replied at the meeting of the Acad- 



