DISCOVERY 



are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a 

 tender conscience ; who has learned to love all beauty, whether 

 of Nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as 

 himself. Huxley. 



Do you wish education to cultivate supreme regard for 

 truth ? Then let it include the study of Nature, for in 

 dealings with her every false coin is inexorably nailed to 

 the counter. Do you wish to create a sense of moral 

 responsibility ? Then learn from Nature that every 

 act has a consequence, and every sin a penalty. Is a 

 habit of mind required which will not be deceived by 

 the noisy huckster of sensational statements ? Then 

 give attention to training in scientific method, by which 

 a critical faculty is developed that enables fact to be 

 distinguished from fable and is cautious in arriving at 

 conclusions. Do you believe in the dignity of work and 

 the duty of self-sacrifice ? Then turn to science, which 

 demands devoted labour for the benefit of others. Are 

 satisfaction with the superficial, and a desire for con- 

 tinuous excitement to be the characteristics of the new 

 generation ? If not, see that interest, is aroused in the 

 nobler views of life opened by scientific knowledge. 

 Regard for veracity, patience, logical thought, responsi- 

 bility, discipline and original work, are all taught 

 by the study of science ; and these attributes are as 

 desirable in every one of us as in the investigator whose 

 life is an exemplar of them. 



My success as a man of science, whatever this may have amounted 

 to, has been determined, as far as I can judge, by complex and 

 diversified mental qualities and conditions. Of these, the most 

 important have been the love of science, unbounded patience 

 in long reflecting over any subject, industry in observing and 

 collecting facts, and a fair share of invention as well as of com- 

 mon sense. With such moderate abilities as I possess, it is truly 

 surprising that I should have influenced to a considerable extent 

 the belief of scientific men on some important points. Darwin. 



