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tion of the analytical ratio, dependent upon the amount of 

 substance used, as could well be desired. 



How sad Sir William Crookes will be at the sight of these 

 columns of figures, showing the Morbus Stasii so strikingly 

 in the exquisite laboratory work of Mr. William Crookes 

 of 1873. 



The Morbus Stasii. 



This disease I have found especially to affect analytical 

 chemists who have no broad knowledge, but are merely fine 

 chemical operators. 



They are artisans, not scientists, in the great domain of 

 Chemistry. But they invariably believe they are great 

 scientists, and invariably denounce all who approach science 

 as a sacred possession of the human intellect, on which an 

 error of any kind is a dark blot, and a false statement of 

 fact an unpardonable sin. For all true science is from God, 

 whatever modern evolutionists may say to the contrary. 



Another symptom of the Morbus Stasii is the firm belief 

 of the patient in his own absolute accuracy. It is true they 

 never have themselves tested the accuracy of their work, for 

 the simple reason that they do not know how, being merely 

 routine men, common artisans, working in a scientific field, 

 in a chemical laboratory. 



The victims of the Morbus Stasii get raving mad when 

 any one dares question their results, and they abuse such 

 persons in the most brutal manner. 



As the number of artisans in the world, in every line, is 

 much greater than the number of real artists and masters, 

 these victims of the Morbus Stasii find most sympathetic 

 reception in the societies and academies; such was the 

 experience of Stas, such is the like experience of Crookes. 



Effect of Morbus Stasii on Crookes' Work. 



But having pointed out the disease, let us study its 

 gravity and its effects on our conclusions. 



The column of the analytical excess added in our last 

 table, shows plainly that if Mr. William Crookes, operating 



