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be used for new ideas. Science needs a tech- 

 nical language of Its own. 



What Is the kernel of all this discussion about 

 the pedagogical sin of making collections and 

 of attaching names? It Is no doubt derived 

 from the older practice of merely naming 

 things. The old Idea of the study of nature 

 was to make an Inventory of the objects In the 

 world. The objects are bewUderlngly numer- 

 ous, and to put them away In a cabinet, with a 

 proper ticket attached, was to know them. The 

 great want was names and classification; and 

 these names must be arranged In books. This 

 natural history bookkeeping received Its largest 

 impetus from the binomial method of naming, 

 which might be called a system of "double 

 entry." 



This naming of objects Is necessary. It is 

 the starting-point, as a city directory Is. But 

 it Is only the beginning of wisdom. It Is not 

 an end. The speculations of the modern evo- 

 lutionists have emphasized the Importance of 

 the objects themselves In a new way. The point 

 of view has changed. Do not let your pupils 



