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covery of that " modifying influence " of which Mr. 

 Spencer speaks. That discovery made clear how all 

 that had preceded it not only contributed thereto, but 

 gained a significance and value which, apart from it, 

 could not have been secured. When the relation of 

 the several parts to. the whole became manifest, each 

 fell into its place like the pieces of a child's puzzle 

 map. 



LEADING MEN OF SCIENCE. 



A. D. 800 TO A. D. I800. 



