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man. No, says the philosopher, had he understood the 

 chemistry of soil he might have produced the same 

 effects 3^ears before. Nothing occurs contrary to law. 

 Know the law, and the law shall make you free. 



Is it not of the greatest importance that science 

 should form the basis of our jmblic school instruction. 

 I will say then that education should be first of all for 

 utility and it will grow beauty, ethics and religion 

 as naturally as a rose developes by obeying the law of 

 its own being. 



We are as a race entitle-d to happiness, and as 

 happiness is conditioned by our environment, let us 

 become acquainted with the forces that surround us, 

 that we may use them to our benefit and not to our de- 

 struction. Art, music, poetry and architecture are 

 all based on scientific facts, and a knowledge of the 

 natural sciences is essential to success in any hne of 

 endeavor. 



From an ethical standpoint there is no system of 

 education that will develop higher qualities of mind and 

 soul than the pursuit of science. What better ex- 

 amples do we need of ethical character than Agassiz, 

 Humboldt, Darwin, Tyndall, Herbert Spencer and 

 hundreds of others. Science is an exacting mistress, 

 and the frivolities and vices of every day life hide 

 themselves from her august presence. 



If we desire to give boys and girls an absorbing 

 hfe-long interest, let us give them thorough scientific 

 training in the elementary schools. 



No great mind becomes irreligious through the 

 pursuit of science. It may discard the superstitions 

 and unscientific explanations which cluster around the 

 rehgious books, but every man who recognizes law in 

 the universe admits that there is stiU the source of the 

 law unknown, and as Herbert Spencer believes unknow- 

 able. If we wish children to be really religious, let us 

 first make them scientific. 



