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in scientific systems a satisfaction more massive than 

 any epic poem. Disinterested curiosity, which is the 

 source of almost all intellectual effort, finds with aston- 

 ished delight that science can unveil secrets which 

 might well have seemed for ever undiscoverable. The 

 desire for a larger life and wider interests, for an escape 

 from private circumstances, and even from the whole 

 recurring human cycle of birth and death, is fulfilled by 

 the impersonal cosmic outlook of science as by nothing 

 else. To all these must be added, as contributing to the 

 happiness of the man of science, the admiration of 

 splendid achievement, and the consciousness of inestim- 

 able utility to the human race. A life devoted to science 

 is therefore a happy life, and its happiness is derived 

 from the very best sources that are open to dwellers on 

 this troubled and passionate planet. 



