CHAPTER VI 

 INQUIRY AND INTERPRETATION 



Science commits suicide when it adopts a 'creed. Huxley. 



The philosophy of one century is the common-sense of the 

 next. H. W. Beecher. 



Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching 

 forth unto those things which are before. St. Paul. 



For nothing is so productive of elevation of mind as to be 

 able to examine methodically and truly every object 

 which is presented to thee in life. Marcus Aurelius. 



The patient investigation and accurate methods required to 

 obtain desired results in the school of experimental and 

 technical science, cannot fail to impress, refine, and 

 ennoble the characters of those who work in this direction. 

 Sir Wm. Mather. 



MANY people find satisfaction in the words of the 

 preacher " there is no new thing under the sun " ; they 

 delight in tracing suggestions of modern scientific 

 discoveries in the works of Greek, Roman and other 

 philosophers, and in showing that classical literature 

 contains all that is required for the making of a good 

 citizen or for intellectual equipment. Well, in regard 

 to logic, mathematics, metaphysical philosophy, juris- 

 prudence, or any subject in which words or symbols 

 make up the mosaic, and in ethical teaching, humanists 

 are possibly right in attaching supreme importance 

 to the thoughts and doctrines of other times. In 

 observation also, and to some extent in mechanical 



