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regard it with contempt or distrust. In either case, the ques- 

 tion of real import is in what spirit the study is pursued. 



'^I know the scientific men of America well, and I enter- 

 tain a profound conviction that in sincerity, simplicity, 

 fidelity, and generosity of character, in nobihty of aims and 

 earnestness of effort, in everything which should be involved 

 in the conception of disinterestedness, they are surpassed, 

 if indeed they are approached, by no other body of men." 



