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place time given to the laws and facts that 

 touch us very nearly. On the other hand let 

 us not forget that the science which is worthy of 

 a place in a school must show itself to be alive. 

 It is not a mere training in manipulative skill nor 

 the setting forth of a collection of dead facts and 

 dogmatic statements. There is not a fact or a 

 law in the whole of science which is in its finished 

 form. Growth and change are everywhere. The 

 story must deal with the work of the past, and the 

 successes and failures of the men who have laboured 

 to advance it. It must show also that the advance 

 of science is never ended, and make clear its eager 

 and expectant attitude towards the future. Let 

 our young men catch the spirit and swing of the 

 onward march, and they will not stand idle while 

 opportunities slip past unobserved. 



