CHAPTER VI. 



MAN OF SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHER. 



688. Clear as are the connexions between the priest 

 hood and the several professions thus far treated of, the con 

 nexion between it and the professions which has enlighten 

 ment as their function is even clearer. Antagonistic as the 

 offspring now are to the parent they were originally nur 

 tured by it. 



We saw that the medicine-man, ever striving to maintain 

 and increase his influence over those around, is stimulated 

 more than others to obtain such knowledge of natural phe 

 nomena as may aid him in his efforts. 



Moreover, when seeking to propitiate the supernatural 

 beings he believes in, he is led to think about their charac 

 ters and their doings. He speculates as to the causes of the 

 striking things he observes in the Heavens and on the 

 Earth; and whether he regards these causes as personal or 

 impersonal, the subject-matter of his thought is the subject- 

 matter which, in later times, is distinguished as philosophi 

 cal the relations between that which we perceive and that 

 which lies beyond perception. 



As was said at the outset, a further reason why he be 

 comes distinguished from men around by his wider informa 

 tion and deeper insight is that he is, as compared with them, 

 a man of leisure. From the beginning he lives on the con 

 tributions of others; and therefore he is better able to de 

 vote himself to those observations and inquiries out of which 

 science originates. 



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