96 Natural Salvation. 



stances, to unite the world's resources, combine human in- 

 telligence and render it effective to combat the causes of 

 disease and death ? What is the first practical step to 

 this end? Can any plan be adopted by which intelligent 

 persons of this generation can really get to work and bring 

 their personal efforts to bear on the problem ? 



At first it appeared possible to the present writer that 

 something could be done on a world-wide scale, and that 

 the best method of beginning would be a world-league of 

 science and of educated people generally, in every civil- 

 ized country, irrespective of race or nation ; for science is 

 a common nation, a common country. And since there 

 are many spoken languages and the Latin is the lingua 

 franca of science, it seemed proper to call such a league, 

 G-ens Scientice et Pacis^ The World-Nation of Science and 

 Peace. 



It seemed possible that scientific men and educated 

 people, the world over, might thus organize to promote 

 research on a grand scale, with greatly prolonged life in 

 view. It was at once recognized that membership must 

 not- be construed as inimical to existent citizenship and 

 allegiance to one's own country, but only as pledging 

 members, individually, to use their best efforts to promote 

 such researches, and in case of impending war, to avert it, 

 by referring the matters in dispute to the already organ- 

 ized peace tribunals. Also in case of nationally selfish 

 legislation, to defeat it in favor of a policy more inter- 



