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The process possesses considerable theoretical interest, and 

 would be, if practically effective, exceedingly economical. 



And here my remarks must, for the present, be drawn to 

 a close ; much that remains to be said upon this comprehen- 

 sive subject being postponed for a future opportunity : but I 

 cannot conclude without giving expression to one thought, 

 strongly impressed upon my mind by the consideration of 

 these topics ; namely, that the comparatively dormant state 

 of this, and many equally obvious sources of industry in 

 Canada, arises from a great deficiency in a most important 

 division of our national education ; and that nothing, save a 

 liberal augmentation of the ordinary courses of instruction 

 in modern subjects, can ever prove effectual in dispelling the 

 immense existing cloud of ignorance and prejudice. It is, 

 therefore, sincerely to be hoped that the very able remarks, 

 recently made by Principal Dawson upon this question, may 

 have their desired effect ; and that Canada may speedily 

 obtain a share in the improvements that have, of late, almost 

 revolutionized the systems of education prevailing in the 

 universities of the mother country. 



SCIENCE EDUCATION ABROAD. 



{Extracts from a Lecture ly Princiiml Dawson, LL.D., F.E-S.) 

 WHAT IS SCIENCE EDUCATION? 



In speaking of science, then, I would restrict your attention to 

 the physical sciences, or those which relate to what we call mate- 

 rial things. In this great group of sciences we may recognize 

 three subdivisions, distinguished by the modes in which they are 

 pursued, though shading into each other. (1) Mathematical 

 sciences, or those in which the methods chiefly pursued are those 

 of mathematical reasonins: and calculations, as. for instance, 

 astronomy ; (2) Experimental sciences, of which chemistry and 

 several departments of natural philosophy may be taken as 



