14 The Realm of Nature CHAP, i 



so interwoven with the clues of other sciences that a general 

 knowledge of them all is necessary to understand the effect 

 produced by one. Pursuing the simile a step farther, we 

 may note how one observer sees in the rich world-carpet 

 nothing but a number of coloured threads intricately inter- 

 woven ; the taste of another is so much gratified by the 

 colour and design that he enjoys the beauty without think- 

 ing of the parts or the process ; while a third loses sight of 

 material and beauty alike in admiration of the genius of 

 the designer and the skill of the craftsman. Thus the typi- 

 cal man of science, poet, and theologian look differently 

 on the multiform unity of Nature, which has a true though 

 different meaning for each. 



BOOKS OF REFERENCE 



T. H. Huxley, Science Primers Introductory. Macmillan and 

 Co. 



W. S. Jevons, Principles of Science. Macmillan and Co. 



